Course description

Average length: 4-6 weeks per course

Effort: 30-40 min/ week per course

Number of courses: Not con

Subject: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST), AST media, quality control of AST, reading and interpretation guidelines, automation in sensitivity testing.

Evaluation: at the completion of each module to assess the level of

understanding at participants’ end.

Certificate: After successful completion of course module and pre/post –test

exams score >75%

Upcoming modules: Identification of microorganisms, Culture media and its

preparation, McFarland standard, Breakpoints for disc diffusion and MIC

testing....reading and interpretation guidelines, Biosafety, susceptibility testing of

fastidious microorganisms

What will i learn?

• Antimicrobial susceptibility testing standards CLSI / EUCAST
• Groups of Antimicrobial compounds Group A , Group B , Group C , Group O , Group U , Group Inv
• Interpreting Susceptibility testing results Organisms assigned different categories including Susceptible , Susceptible dose dependent , Intermediate , Resistant
• Quality control strains , Receiving the strains , Opening the vials , Reconstitution , Preservation
• Maintaining the stock culture , Quality control using ATCC strains