These documents provide nationally approved guidance for laboratories that perform bacterial culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. If creating a printed version of any of these documents, then always use the version that is made available here. SOPs that get printed require local authorisation on the first page and use of the Printed document read acknowledgement sheet. Enter the SOP onto the local Printed document logsheet as well.
Information sheets
- ACORN_specimen_collection_poster_adults 31Mar22 NDOH
- ACORN_specimen_collection_poster_paeds 31Mar22 NDOH
- G_90_Info_3_A Blood culture collection procedure 31Mar22
- G_90_Info_5_A Specimen Collection Transport and Rejection 15Sep21
- G_90_Info_10_A Common Blood culture Gram stains and implications 1Sep22
SOPs
- G_90_SOP_1_A Blood cultures 12Apr22
- G_90_SOP_6_B Antibiotic disc susceptibility testing EUCAST12 5May22
- G_90_SOP_2_A Managing of cultures used for QC testing 24Dec21
- G_90_SOP_3_A Disc diffusion AST QC 18Nov21
- G_90_SOP_17_A Sputum SOP 20Sep22
- G_90_SOP_11_A Urinalysis microscopy and culture 13Sep22
- G_90_SOP_10_A Faeces Culture 12Apr22
- G_90_SOP_8_A Biological safety cabinet operation 19Oct21
- G_90_SOP_28_A Salmonella serology 6May22
- G_90_SOP_19_A CSF microscopy and culture 20Jun23
- General bench follow
Jobaids
- G_90_J_1_A Setup of disc antibiotic susceptibility tests
- G_90_J_10_A Bacterial Isolates for Referral 7apr22
- G_90_J_11_A To change temperature on thermoline instruments 26Mar22
- G_90_J_12_A Senaite Sample Registration 6Jun22
- G_90_J_15_A Gram stain procedure 6Sep22
- G_90_J_16_A Urine microscopy Neubauer chamber 6Sep22
- G_90_J_17_A API20E Reading Guide 6Sep22
- G_90_J_19_A EUCAST AST Zone Diameter Reading Rules 6Sep22
- G_90_J_20_A Disc AST Setup Requirements 6Sep22
- G_90_J_21_A Processing of Routine Primary Specimens 7Sep22
- G_90_J_23_A Commensal and Pathogenic bacteria 15Jan23
Competency checklists
- G_90_COMP_1_A Competency assessment disc AST 27aug22
- G_90_J_2_A MALDI-TOF target preparation and registration 12Oct22
Forms/Worksheets
- Reagent QC worksheet – under current revision
- G_90_WS_2_A Inventory of stored bacterial and fungal isolates 7Apr22
- G_90_WS_3_A Weekly AST QC summary 4Aug21
- G_90_WS_4_A Weekly AST QC worksheets 27Aug21 reformatted
- G_90_WS_5_A BACTEC daily maintenance checks 22Sep21
- G_90_WS_6_A Blood culture statistics 29Sep21
- G_90_WS_7_A Biological Safety Cabinet maintenance 19Oct21
- G_90_WS_8_A BSC servicing form 19Oct21 (designed to sit at the first page of the BSC Equipment folder)
- G_90_WS_9_A Bacterial and Fungal isolates Referral & Confirmation register 7Apr22
Bench tests
- G_90_T_01_A Gram Stain 12Oct22
- G_90_T_02_A Coagulase test 12Oct22
- G_90_T_06_A Staph Latex 12Oct22
- G_90_T_07_A Catalase Test 12Oct22
- G_90_T_08_A Oxidase Test 12Oct22
- G_90_T_09_A Spot Indole Test 12Oct22
- G_90_T_10_A Optochin Test 12Oct22
- G_90_T_11_A Beta haemolytic Streptococcus Lancefield Grouping Test 12Oct22
- G_90_T_13_A India Ink Stain 12Oct22