One Laboratory's Experience with the Transition from Culture to Molecular Methods for the Detection of Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

• Published in: Journal of continuing education topics & issues Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 34 - 39
• Main Authors: DeBurger, Barbara A, Mortensen, Joel E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Rosemont American Medical Technologies 01.04.2018
• Subjects: Algorithms; Antibiotics; Antimicrobial agents; Bacteria; Bone surgery; Communicable Diseases; Cost control; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Diagnostic Tests; Disease control; DNA; Epidemiology; Hospitals; Individualized Instruction; Infectious diseases; Laboratories; Land Settlement; Microbiology; Mortality; Nosocomial infections; Patients; Polymerase chain reaction; Quality Assurance; Quality Control; Staphylococcus infections; Testing laboratories; Thoracic surgery

The introduction of molecular testing into clinical microbiology laboratories can be a major paradigm shift. Clinical microbiology laboratories have an opportunity to replace traditional methods with molecular methods that can have numerous advantages. However, educating and fulfilling the clinical...