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Executive Vice President's Message
Nationally Recognized Experts to Speak at Equivalent Quality Control Workshop: QC for the Future
Celebrate Our New Name: Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
IQLM Landmark Summit to Honor Leaders in Quality
Press Releases
Standards Status
Notice of Vote and Comment Deadline for Consensus Documents
Recently Approved Documents
Recently Distributed ISO Standards
Focus on Global Terminology
Notice of M100-S15 (M7) Table 3A Erratum
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Notice of M100-S15 (M7) Table 3A Erratum

We have identified the following error in document M100-S15 (M7), MIC Testing Supplemental Tables.

In Table 3A, Acceptable Limits for Quality Control Strains Used to Monitor Accuracy of Minimal Inhibitory Concentrations (MICs) (mg/mL) of Fastidious Organisms (page 142), the MIC ranges for Haemophilus influenzae ATCC^® 49247 were misaligned, beginning with erythromycin. Correct ranges are as follows:

Antimicrobial Agent

Haemophilus influenzae
ATCC^®49247^a

Erythromycin

–

Fleroxacin

0.03–0.12

Garenoxacin

0.002-0.008

Gatifloxacin

0.004–0.03

Gemifloxacin

0.002–0.008

Gentamicin

–

Grepafloxacin

0.002–0.015

Imipenem

–

Levofloxacin

0.008–0.03

Linezolid

–

Lomefloxacin

0.03–0.12

Loracarbef

–

Meropenem

–

Metronidazole

–

Moxifloxacin

0.008–0.03

Nitrofurantoin

–

If you have not received a corrective label (for purchasers of paper documents) or a corrected PDF file (for purchasers of electronic documents) by 15 February 2005, please contact Linda Charles (extension 115) or Sheryl Wildgust (extension 130) at the Executive Offices +610.688.0100.

Thank you for your assistance. We regret any inconvenience.