How Are Antibiotics Chosen for Inclusion into Laboratory Antimicrobial Testing

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Multiple Choice

How are antibiotics chosen for inclusion into laboratory antimicrobial testing protocols?

• A) There are no set standards, because physicians demand which drugs they want tested for particular bugs each time an antimicrobial susceptibility test is performed.
• B) The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) recommends the drugs that should be tested and reported for each type of specimen.
• C) The institutional pharmacy and therapeutics committee sets the list of drugs that are used in their facility
• D) Both B and C.

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