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January 17, 2020
January is One Health Awareness Month, when we promote the importance of public, animal, and environmental health. Learn about how CLSI has promotes the values of the One Health Initiative through its AST subcommittees that establish testing standards for the human and veterinary laboratory sectors.
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
January 3, 2020
In January of each year CLSI publishes M100—Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing. M100 reports the antibiotic breakpoints that help medical laboratorians throughout the world provide accurate test results to health care providers. These breakpoints aid laboratorians in selecting the most appropriate and effective antimicrobial treatments for patients.
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Microbiology
November 15, 2019
The week of November 18-24 marks the celebration of US Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW). USAAW is an annual observance that raises awareness about the threat of antibiotic resistance and the importance of appropriate antibiotic use. Antibiotic resistance occurs when microorganisms adapt so that they are no longer able to be treated with drugs that were once effective.
November 1, 2019
World Standards Week (WSW) will be celebrated November 4-8, 2019, in Washington, DC. A yearly gathering, in the spirit of cooperation and collaboration, American National Standards Institute (ANSI) members and diverse private- and public-sector stakeholders from across the standards and conformity assessment communities will convene for topical discussions and special events.
October 23, 2019
Healthcare Quality Week (HQW) is celebrated October 20-26th this year and is sponsored by the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ) HQW is dedicated to celebrating the contributions professionals have made to improve healthcare quality. It’s also an opportunity to bring greater awareness to the profession of healthcare quality.
October 9, 2019
October 14 is World Standards Day, which recognizes the role of various stakeholders across the standards community.
September 27, 2019
September 4, 2019
Learn in this case study how a group of labs in Egypt, by implementing CLSI’s M100, was able to improve the quality of their antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST).
August 20, 2019
Learn about the treatment of newborns with Phenylketonuria, also called PKU, a rare inherited disorder.
Newborn Screening
August 14, 2019
Read how to implement a QMS in your laboratory to help ensure customer satisfaction, satisfy regulatory requirements, and create more efficient processes.
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