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Resources for Laboratories

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Quick access to Identification tables, Critiques, Photo-galleries, useful links, interpretation guidelines, etc.

All tables and guidelines are in PDF format             PAGE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION

INTERPRETATION AND REPORTING GUIDELINES

  • Gram Smear Interpretive Criteria – Suggested Guideline
  • Bacterial vaginosis – Nugent Score determination and interpretation
  • Urine culture colony count – Suggested Reporting Guideline
  • Algorithm for the diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)
  • Female Genital Tract: What Diagnostic Testing is Appropriate?
  • Parasitology quantitation table

USEFUL LINKS

Canadian Association for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (CACMID)

European Organization for External Quality Assurance Providers in Laboratory Medicine (EQALM)

American Society for Microbiology

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

IDENTIFICATION TABLES

  • Useful tests for the differentiation of Group II Enterococcus species
  • Staphylococcus aureus vs. Staphylococcus lugdunensis

PHOTO GALLERIES

Mycology

Enteric Parasitology  (coming soon)

Gram Stains

Continuing Education Links

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  •  World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2022
  • Keeping Proficiency Testing Relevant (Team 2)
  • Understanding the Laboratory Proficiency Testing Cycle - Part 3
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