A laboratory quality assessment found a 97% accuracy rate in antibiotic susceptibility testing across participating centers.
Supports AST report reliability in assessed labs; leaves open generalizability and outcome impact across settings.
strains and 11 antibiotics, with the findings of Dr. Stokes's and Professor Mary Barber's departments.In all, the participating labo- ratories reported on 3,386 tests, and only 114 of their results were classified as errors.On this basis, 97 % of their reports were "correct".The clinicians who depend on us for vitally important information may find this figure more reassuring.
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Andreas P. Niarchos (1971) studied this question.