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) sets the standard for drugs that must be tested for each type of specimen.
• C) It is important that the drugs tested by the laboratory match as closely as possible the institutional formulary.
• D) The patient population decides the drugs included in the laboratory's testing protocols.

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