The CDS Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Method: fulfilling a need
Sydney Bell A B , Jeanette Pham A , Peter Newton A and Thanh Nguyen AA Antibiotics Laboratory
SEALS Microbiology
Prince of Wales Hospital
Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
B Corresponding author. Tel: +61 2 9382 9046, Fax: +61 2 9382 9098, Email: smbell@unsw.edu.au
Microbiology Australia 35(1) 35-37 https://doi.org/10.1071/MA14010
Published: 14 January 2014
Abstract
The need for both the adoption of a uniform method of antimicrobial susceptibility testing by laboratories in Australia and the alliance of the laboratories with a reference laboratory was demonstrated clearly more than 40 years ago. This review outlines how the CDS Antimicrobial Test has fulfilled this need and demonstrates the value of the association of diagnostic laboratories with a readily accessible reference laboratory in reducing errors in antimicrobial susceptibility testing in practice.
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