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CLSI AST News Updates
The CLSI Outreach Working Group (ORWG), under CLSI's Subcommittee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST), works to efficiently convey information regarding contemporary AST practices, recommendations, and resources to the clinical microbiology community. This CLSI AST News Update highlights current issues related to antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) and reporting.
Volume 9, Issue 1 - January 2024
Edited By: Janet A. Hindler, MCLS, MT(ASCP), F(AAM) & Audrey N. Schuetz, MD, MPH, D(ABMM)
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The CLSI AST Outreach Working Group (ORWG) is part of the CLSI Subcommittee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) and was established in 2015. The formation of the working group originated in a desire to efficiently convey information regarding contemporary AST practices, recommendations, and resources to the clinical microbiology community.
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
CLSI’s Committees Weeks are an opportunity for the CLSI expert community to meet and connect with colleagues for a week of information sharing, consensus building, networking, and camaraderie. Committees Weeks are where the hard work behind CLSI’s standards and guidelines takes place—committees and subcommittees, following CLSI’s voluntary consensus process, work together on new and revised CLSI standards in development.
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
Selecting antimicrobial agents for preventing, controlling, and treating bacterial disease in animals requires weighing multiple factors. These include likelihood of pathogenic bacteria being present, expected response to therapy, availability of effective formulations, logistics of administering drugs in animals, cost, and legal restrictions. Use of AST can provide evidence related to the expected response to therapy when AST is applied judiciously and interpreted appropriately.