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AS ISO 20776.2:2017
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Clinical laboratory testing and in vitro diagnostic test systems – Susceptibility testing of infectious agents and evaluation of performance of antimicrobial susceptibility test devices, Part 2: Evaluation of performance of antimicrobial susceptibility test devices
Adopts ISO 20776-2:2007, which establishes acceptable performance criteria for antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) devices that are used to determine minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) and/or interpretive category determinations of susceptible, intermediate and resistant (SIR) strains of bacteria to antimicrobial agents in medical laboratories.
Table of contents
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About this publication
Preface
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
3.1 Agreement of test results
3.6 Discrepancies
3.9 Clinical isolates
4 General requirements for a performance evaluation
5 Test methods
5.1 Overview
5.2 Methods
5.2.1 Strain selection
5.2.2 Isolate testing protocol
5.2.3 Inoculum preparation
5.2.4 Reproducibility testing of test device
5.2.5 Quality control (QC) of the reference method
