NCCLS eNews - 7 July 2004 (Plain Text Version)Return to Graphical Version | Search back issues | Print all articles In this issue: Press Releases
NCCLS Announces Availability of New NCCLS Document on Quality Control for Commercially Prepared Microbiological Culture Media; Approved Standard—Third Edition NCCLS standard M22-A3 is a revision of the approved standard, M22-A2, published in December 1996. The media included in M22-A3 are from three surveys conducted by the College of American Pathologists. Read the complete press release. NCCLS Announces Availability of a New Informational Supplement on Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Disk and Dilution Susceptibility Tests for Bacteria Isolated from Animals NCCLS document M31-S1 provides updated tables for the NCCLS antimicrobial susceptibility testing standard M31-A2, Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Disk and Dilution Susceptibility Tests for Bacteria Isolated from Animals; Approved Standard-Second Edition. Read the complete press release. NCCLS Announces Availability of New NCCLS Guideline on Antifungal Disk Diffusion Susceptibility Testing of Yeasts The method described in this document, M44-A, is intended for testing Candida species. Read the complete press release. NCCLS Announces Availability of New NCCLS Guideline on Nucleic Acid Sequencing Methods in Diagnostic Laboratory Medicine This guideline, MM9-P, will provide recommendations for all aspects of the sequencing process including specimen collection and handling, isolation of nucleic acid, amplification and sequencing of nucleic acids, and general interpretation and reporting of genotyping results. Read the complete press release. View the complete listing of NCCLS press releases. For more information or to contact us directly, please visit www.nccls.org l ©2004 NCCLS |