CLSI eNews - 2 June 2008 (Plain Text Version)

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Vote and Deadlines

Development of In Vitro Susceptibility Testing Criteria and Quality Control Parameters (M23-A3)
Abbreviated Identification of Bacteria and Yeast (M35-A2)

CLSI submits the following for vote as a candidate-for-advancement consensus documents. The documents and ballots are available to delegates and alternates of Active and Associate Active member organizations through CLSI Forums.

M23-A3—Development of In Vitro Susceptibility Testing Criteria and Quality Control Parameters; Approved Guideline—Third Edition
This document provides guidance for determining reference values and reference intervals for quantitative clinical laboratory tests. The deadline for the completed ballot for M23-A3 to be received at the CLSI offices is 21 July 2008.

M35-A2—Abbreviated Identification of Bacteria and Yeast; Approved Guideline—Second Edition
This document provides the minimum identification criteria that can be used to rapidly identify organisms commonly isolated from clinical specimens. The deadline for the completed ballot for M35-A2 to be received at the CLSI offices is 29 July 2008.

Under our Administrative Procedures, a CLSI document approved by the area committee at the first level of the consensus process is submitted to delegates as a “candidate-for-advancement” consensus document. This begins the voting and approval period by the delegates.

As a delegate, your vote is to affirm (or reject) the document for advancement as a CLSI document. Please send your completed ballot to the CLSI offices by the above deadline.

In the consensus process, comments are invited at each publication stage. In each edition, the responsible committee includes a summary of comments on the prior edition and its responses to them. Any comments received on a candidate-for-advancement consensus document as a result of delegate voting and consensus review will be addressed by the committee during the document’s advancement.

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