Bacterial Identification Proficiency Quiz

AMR negatively impacts healthcare globally due to its deleterious effects on combating infections, necessitating alternate treatments and impacting cost and access to care.

CMLs play a crucial role in combating AMR by providing accurate identification of pathogens and their susceptibility to various antimicrobial drugs, facilitating effective treatment and informed decisions for public health interventions.

PT is a valuable and important activity for CMLs to engage in. It involves testing a laboratory’s performance in identifying and testing organisms and their susceptibility to drugs, ensuring reliability, accuracy and proficiency in their services.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>EUCAST stands for the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing. EUCAST provides guidelines and breakpoints for appropriate interpretations of antimicrobial susceptibility testing results.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>SOPs provide clear guidelines on how to perform antimicrobial susceptibility testing against common bacterial species, ensuring consistent methods and standards for accurate results across labs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The bacterial isolates were clinical samples, identified by MLDI-TOF systems and prepared in transport medium. These were distributed to each laboratory in sterile transport swabs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>AMST was performed using the CLSI guidelines for disk diffusion method, while MICs were determined using Vitek 2 automated system. E-test method was implemented for isolates with special resistance profiles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The scoring criteria were based on the level of identification: a score of +5 for correct species identification, +3 for correct genus identification, and no score for incorrect identification.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>AMST scores were awarded based on the accuracy of antibiotics reported: +5 for reporting correctly, -3 for incorrect reports, and -1 for misleading or irrelevant antibiotic reports.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The overall score reflected the combined performance in bacterial identification and AMST, combining the individual scores for each category and representing the overall accuracy of the lab’s findings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The PT activity in Lebanon highlighted the need for improvement in the performance of CMLs, reflecting a significant need for further education and training to enhance their accuracy in bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing, crucial for providing accurate and timely reports for effective patient management.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The positive aspects were: positive feedback from labs, satisfactory response to the provided training materials, recognition of the value of information on QC aspects, and improvement in labs after self-evaluation and feedback.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The concerns included: shortages and lack of essential reagents, lack of dedicated staff for microbiology, absence of specialists in some labs, and practice of outsourcing analysis instead of conducting it internally.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The authors recommend integrating a dedicated PT unit within the healthcare system, enforcing PT participation for all CMLs, incorporating PT scores into accreditation or certification requirements, organizing regular CME sessions to improve laboratory testing methods, the importance of QC, and basic quality assurance principles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Accurate laboratory results are critical for timely diagnosis, effective treatment, and infection control measures, contributing directly to better patient care and effective public health surveillance, prevention, and intervention strategies.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers