The update addresses appropriate laboratory utilization of diagnostic respiratory viral testing.
The update highlights recent epidemiology, specimen collection guidance, current diagnostic methods and antiviral resistance. Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology Laboratories: Viruses Causing Acute Respiratory Tract Infections (2019) covers best practices for diagnosis and characterization of viruses that cause acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Work will continue to ensure that ASM provides updates of that information. The prior Cumitech 1C content unrelated to blood culture contamination is not covered in this PGCM document. The material covered in this PGCM replaces that related to blood culture contamination in Cumitech 1C, Blood Cultures IV (2005). Issues addressed include the scope and magnitude of the problem, the bacteria most often recognized as contaminants, the impact of blood culture contamination on clinical microbiology laboratory function, the economic and clinical ramifications of contamination, and, perhaps most importantly, a systematic discussion of solutions to the problem. Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology Laboratories: A Comprehensive Update on the Problem of Blood Culture Contamination and a Discussion of Methods for Addressing the Problem (2019) presents a comprehensive discussion of matters related to the problem of blood culture contamination.
It replaces Cumitech 13B, Laboratory Diagnosis of Ocular Infections (2011). Subsequently, preanalytic, analytic, and postanalytic aspects of laboratory diagnosis and antimicrobial susceptibility testing are explored in depth. It also describes common ocular infections in developed nations and usual as well as neglected ocular infections seen in developing nations. This update highlights and provides examples of the close work required between laboratorians and ophthalmologists to ensure high-quality diagnostic care. 2021, the following PGCMs are available:ĭiagnosis of Ocular Infections (2021) begins by describing the complex, delicate anatomy of the eye, which often leads to limitations in specimen quantity. They become freely accessible 1 year after publication.Īs of Oct. Furthermore, the documents link microbiologic practice to current clinical and scientific issues (such as COVID-19). These PGCM documents provide general guidance for clinical microbiologists, emphasizing current diagnostic methods and their appropriate implementation. We systematically update Cumitechs, and these revised documents are now named Practical Guidance for Clinical Microbiology (PGCM) and are published in Clinical Microbiology Reviews.