To help you learn more about the laboratory’s important role in AMR, Medical Laboratory Observer has put together this eHandbook, which includes insight on:
The history of antimicrobial resistance and the important role diagnostics plays to combat it
The laboratory plays a central role in providing the antimicrobial susceptibility test results that guide treatment decisions for individual patients and, when assembled in an annual antibiogram, guides empiric therapy, infection prevention, and antimicrobial stewardship activities.
Antimicrobial susceptibility test breakpoint updates: Challenges and considerations for laboratory validation
Many labs are faced with the daunting task of reviewing the breakpoints used on their AST test systems, discontinuing the use of any that may be obsolete, and updating to current AST breakpoints.
The silent pandemic is no longer silent
Antimicrobial resistance is a complex problem that involves human health, animal management, and agriculture practices. AMR has no single solution, and the challenges cannot be solved without multiple players working collectively on a common agenda.
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