Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST)

Course Title: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methods (AST)

Course Duration: 60 minutes
 

Course Description: This eLearning course is designed to familiarize laboratorians with antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) practices and procedures used in the microbiology laboratory. Laboratorians will review AST, learn the importance of using current CLSI guidelines for AST, and compare antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods including commercial systems for AST.

Objectives: At the conclusion of this program, the participant will be able to:

• Describe antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) in the microbiology laboratory.
• Explain the importance of using and meeting current CLSI guidelines for AST.
• Compare disk diffusion, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) testing, and Etest™ as antibiotic susceptibility testing methods.
• Identify the strengths and limitations of commercial systems for AST in the microbiology laboratory.

Audience: New or existing public health laboratorians, who have a science background, are entering or reentering the microbiology field and who need training in AST essential for performing job requirements.

Course Credits: ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Continuing Education Units (CEU)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Laboratory Training Team is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E. ® Program. This course is approved for 1.0 P.A.C.E. credits.

To receive P.A.C.E.® credit:
 

• Take the pre-test, complete the course, pass the post-test and complete the course evaluation.

Florida Laboratory Licensees: This course has been approved for 1.0 contact hours in the category of Microbiology/Mycology/Parasitology for Florida Laboratory Licensees.

To receive Florida credit:
 

• Take the pre-test, complete the course, pass the post-test, and complete the course evaluation. TRAIN will direct you on how to obtain this credit.

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