Implementation of the EUCAST disk-diffusion method

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Implementation at local levelBefore routine use• Ensure all stakeholders are informed of implications fortheir laboratory/hospital• Appoint a ”champion” to implement the method• Visit laboratories using the method• Plan well in advance– media, disk, supplies– templates, zone-reader setup– computing (breakpoints/QC ranges)– documentation• Train staff in advance – demonstrations, practicalexperience, ensure that QC requirements are met• Use contacts in other laboratories and at EUCASTdirectly or through NACs or national EUCAST GC rep
EUCAST contacts for the disk• Erika Matuschekdiffusion method(Swedish External Reference Laboratory forAntimicrobial Susceptibility Testing; ”SERLAST”)erika.matuschek@ltkronoberg.se• Gunnar Kahlmeter(EUCAST and SERLAST)gunnar.kahlmeter@ltkronoberg.se• Derek Brown(EUCAST)derek.brown222@btinternet.com
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