[Quality control on antimicrobial susceptibility testings].
Performance of quality control in the clinical microbiological laboratory is markedly behind that of other laboratories. In particular, it remains indispensable even if the antimicrobial susceptibility test being carried out is standardized. In Japan, a standardized method of antimicrobial susceptibility testing has recently been established by the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards and Japan Society of Chemotherapy. However, most laboratories do not perform quality control for antimicrobial susceptibility testing according to the standardized rules. The problem in quality control in laboratories causes things to remain as they are. As a review of laboratory quality control methods, we will show several cases of error that we encountered in our laboratory.
Aihara
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Department of Clinical Pathology, Tenri Hospital.
D007564:Japan; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control