Last updated 15.10.2026
Overview
Explore the Department’s activities through its missions, areas of expertise, key indicators, accreditations, and commitment to quality and innovation.
You can view the certificates for our various accreditations on the “Portail de la Qualité” (Quality Portal): LNS accreditation certificates
Our missions
The mission of the Department is to provide efficient and accurate pathogen diagnostics and surveillance to improve patient outcomes and strengthen public health responses to infectious diseases.
The Department serves as the national reference laboratory for respiratory viruses, HIV, and Hepatitis, delivering recognized expertise and contributing decisively to safeguarding public
Key figures in 2025
- analyses performed in Bacteriology and Mycology
- 46 133
- pathogen sequencings
- 5 453
- analyses performed in virology and serology
- 88 376
Source: Extract from the LNS 2025 Annual Report
Accreditations
Services |
Certificate |
Repository |
|---|---|---|
|
Bacteriology, mycology and antimicrobial resistance |
1/020 | ISO/IEC17025 2017 |
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Virology and serology Pathogen sequencing |
1/057 | ISO/IEC 17025:2017 |
|
Bacteriology, mycology and antimicrobial resistance |
1/034 | ISO 15189:2022 |
|
Virology and serology Pathogen sequencing |
1/047 | ISO 15189:2022 |
