Updating Breakpoints in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

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Updating Breakpoints in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing

SUMMARY

New US requirements state that microbiology labs must implement up-to-date breakpoints for antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) by 2024. While making time to update AST validation guidelines may be a challenging task for clinical microbiology laboratories in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Prinzi offers a step-by-step guide to support the lab with the process of updating breakpoints.

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Andrea Prinzi, PhD, MPH, SM(ASCP), Medical Science Liaison, US Medical Affairs at bioMérieux

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American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
February 22, 2022