Latest Changes
| Title | Description | Major | Minor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compliance of manufacturers | The EUCAST document "Compliance of manufacturers with EUCAST breakpoints and recommendations" have been updated following new information from Thermofisher on their gradient test. |  |
2013/05/03 | |
| EUCAST SOP 6.0 | The EUCAST SOP 6.0 on the organisation and maintenance of EUCAST websites is published. | |
2013/05/02 | |
| The FAQ document has been updated | The FAQ document has been updated with some 15-20 new questions and answers. | |
2013/04/24 | |
| EUCAST methods documents updated! | Documents on Media preparation, Manual for disk diffusion, Reading Guide and Slideshow have all been updated. | |
2013/04/24 | |
| Copyright statement amended | The Copyright statement has been amended to include the fact that much of what is available on the EUCAST website was produced by EUCAST while under ECDC service contract. | |
2013/03/19 | |
| Compliance of manufacturers updated | The table describing the compliance of manufacturers with EUCAST recommendations has been updated. Information on gradient tests has been added. | |
2013/03/18 | |
| Antifungal breakpoint tables - errata corrected | A few erratas were discovered in the Antifungal breakpoint tables v 6.0 (March 1, 2013). These are corrected in v 6.1 (March 11, 2013) | |
2013/03/11 | |
| New version (6.0) of the antifungal breakpoint table | Antifungal breakpoints have been added to and revised. (v 6.0) | |
2013/03/01 | |
| Anidulafungin rationale document v 2.0 | Anidulafungain rationale document v 2.0 and comments during consultation published. | |
2013/02/27 | |
| Fluconazole Rationale document v 2.0 published | The new version (2.0) of the fluconazole rationale document and comments during consultation are now published. | |
2013/02/24 | |
| Fosfomycin and fosfomycin-trometamol RDs published | Two new rationale documents published | |
2013/02/18 | |
| Micafungin breakpoints and RD document published | Micafungin breakpoints and rationale document (and comments during the consultation period) are now published. | |
2013/02/17 | |
| Errata in Breakpoint table 3.0 and in QC-table 3.0 corrected | There were erratas in the EUCAST breakpoint table 3.0 which are now corrected (see v 3.1) and in one of the ATCC numbers in the QC-table (see v 3.1). | |
2013/02/11 | |
| Updates and new files : validation of EUCAST disk diffusion | Six files, two updates and four new files, are posted on the EUCAST website. | |
2013/02/06 | |
| Voriconazole for aspergillus - comments during consultation | This is a corrected error - the link to the document was wrong. | |
2013/01/09 | |
| Breakpoints for antifungals updated | EUCAST Breakpoint Table for antifungals v 5.0 published on Jan 9, 2013. | |
2013/01/09 | |
| EUCAST SOPs - three new SOPs added | SOPs on "Review and revision of breakpoints", "EUCAST Committees" and "Interactions with NACs" are published. | |
2013/01/04 | |
| Consultation on Detection of resistance mechanisms | EUCAST consults (23 Dec 2012 - 31 Jan 2013) on the new document "EUCAST guidelines for detection of resistance mechanisms and specific resistances of clinical and/or epidemiological importance" - see news items for comments form. | |
2012/12/23 | |
| EUCAST QC Tables for 2013 published | A new version of the EUCAST Routine QC tables (v 3.0) and a new table, EUCAST Extended QC Tables (v 1.0), are published. | |
2012/12/21 | |
| EUCAST Breakpoint Table v 3.0 published | EUCAST Breakpoint Tables v 3.0 - The following changes were made as a result of the consultation (5 - 20 December, 2012 ): Breakpoints Enterobacteriaceae and ceftaroline: Zone diameter breakpoints added. Comments S. maltophilia: Clarification regarding reporting of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole as susceptible. Staphylococci and ampicillin: Clarification regarding methicillin susceptibility in S. saprophyticus. Staphylococci and cephalosporins: Clarification regarding ceftaroline. Staphylococci and ceftaroline: Clarification regarding ceftaroline. Enterococci and aminoglycosides: Clarification regarding non-HLAR isolates. Descriptions of methodology Campylobacter: Information on drying of MH-F plates added. | |
2012/12/21 | |
| Micafungin RD for consultation | |
2012/12/21 | ||
| Consultation on anidulafungin and fluconazole | Wide consultation on anidulafungin and fluconazole. | |
2012/12/13 | |
| EUCAST Breakpoint table v 3.0 open for comments | The new version of the EUCAST breakpoint tables is now available for comments (until 20 Dec). Please inform erika.matuschek@ltkronoberg.se about typos, inconsistancies, clarifications needed. Final version 3.0 first week of January 2013. | |
2012/12/05 | |
| Results of consultations on Campylobacter | Results of the EUCAST wide consultation on breakpoints for Campylobacter. | |
2012/10/31 | |
| Results of consultation on Pasteurella | Results of the EUCAST wide consultation on Pasteurella. | |
2012/10/31 | |
| Ceftaroline zone diameter breakpoints for S. aureus | Ceftaroline zone diameter breakpoints for S. aureus were added to the ceftaroline breakpoint addendum (originally pulished on Sept 11, 2012. Zone diameter breakpoints for other species will be added presently. | |
2012/10/03 | |
| Ceftaroline breakpoints published | Ceftaroline, with activity against some MRSA, have received breakpoints from EUCAST. These are published in an addendum. | |
2012/09/12 | |
| Anidulafungin RD corrected | There was a typo in the dosing of anidulafungin in the rationale document. This is now corrected. | |
2012/08/12 | |
| Updated document "Preparedness of Manufacturers" | |
2012/07/03 | ||
| QC-tables updated | QC-tables updated June 29, 2012 | |
2012/06/29 | |
| Haemophilus influenzae - screening for betalactam resistance (update 2012-06-19) | |
2012/06/19 | ||
| Media preparation - German translation of v 2.0 2012 | The new version of this document contains information on broth and plate preparation for both MH and MH-F. | |
2012/06/18 | |
| German reading guide updated to v 2.0 2012 | |
2012/06/05 | ||
| French translation of EUCAST recommendations | The EUCAST manual, reading guide, slide show and mediapreparation recommendations are now available in French | |
2012/06/05 | |
| Updated document on "Media preparation" | The updated document now includes the preparation of broth for testing fastidious organisms (MH-F broth) | |
2012/05/28 | |
| Reading guideline v. 2.0 | Reading guideline v. 2.0, with many more illustrations, published May 2, 2012. | |
2012/05/02 | |
| Antifungal breakpoint table 4.1 uploaded March 15, 2012 | Because of a change in caspofungin ("IE" changed to "Note3") a new table was uploaded. | |
2012/03/15 | |
| Breakpoint table for antifungals reformatted | The format of the breakpoint table for antifungals has been reformatted and links to MIC distributions and EUCAST Rationale Documens updated | |
2012/02/23 | |
| New category on EUCAST webpage | EUCAST opens up a new tab on the webpage "Pk/Pd" in EUCAST. A recently published article explaining the role of Pk/Pd in EUCAST breakpoint setting is available | |
2012/02/14 | |
| New EUCAST Subcommittee formed | EUCAST has formed a new Subcommittee - on the detection of resistance mechanisms of clinical and/or epidemiological importance | |
2012/02/07 | |
| Preparedness of manufacturers - updated 26 Jan, 2012 | |
2012/01/26 | ||
| New RD published - posaconazole on Aspergillus | |
2012/01/17 | ||
| New rationale documents | Amphotericin and itraconazole rationale documents vs. aspergillus published 20120112 | |
2012/01/12 | |
| EUCAST AFST document for consultation | The draft document is now released for consultation and comments should be sent before 15th February 2012 to the EUCAST-AFST Chairman, Dr Maiken Arendrup (maca@ssi.dk). | |
2011/12/31 | |
| EUCAST Breakpoint tables v 2.0 now published. | The new breakpoint tables are valid from Jan 1, 2012. They have two minor erratas compared to the pre-published tables Dec 1, 2011. | |
2011/12/24 | |
| Validation of CNS, Listeria and betalactam resistance in H.influenzae | Three new files in which MIC-values and Zone diameters are correlated (Coagulase negative staphylococci, a file on the scrrening for betalactam resistance in H. influenzae using a bensylpenicillin 1 unit disk and Listeria monocytogenes). | |
2011/12/13 | |
| Viridans streptococci, H. influenzae, Moraxella and S. aureus - validating breakpoints | Four new or updated files describing the validation of EUCAST breakpoints published (2011-12-12). | |
2011/12/12 | |
| New QC tables (v 2.0) released 8 December 2011 | QC tables are updated with ranges and targets for several new disks and organisms. All changes are marked in yellow. | |
2011/12/08 | |
| Expert Rules v 2.0 2011 | EUCAST Expert Rules v 2.0 (2011) now in print in CMI | |
2011/12/04 | |
| EUCAST breakpoint table v 2.0 | EUCAST publishes a new breakpoint table the 1st of January each year. A tentative table is published 1 month before to allow users to prepare and to help report typos and inconsistencies. | |
2011/12/01 |
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