EUCAST News
Here you can find the latest news and updates from EUCAST.
Minutes from EUCAST General Committee meetings
Minutes from the EUCAST General Committee meeting 2015 are now available. We also remind you of the General Committee meeting in Amsterdam during ECCMID 2016. Time and place will be announced later.[more]
Problems with piperacillintazobactam gradient tests from both manufacturers
The EUCAST Development Laboratory has evaluated several batches of piperacillintazobactam gradient tests from both bioMerieux and Liofilchem. Both were found unreliable. [more]
QC tables v 6.0 published
An updated version of the QC tables (v 6.0) published with the following changes:- New agents added: Ceftolozane-tazobactam, dalbavancin, oritavancin and tedizolid.- New table with recommendations for β-lactam-β-lactamase...[more]
EUCAST Breakpoint tables v 6.0 pre-published
The EUCAST breakpoint tables v 6.0 (2016) are now available on the website.[more]
Updates on AFST methods documents
Two methods documents related to antifungal susceptibility testing have been updated.[more]
BSAC leading article in JAC on UK switch from BSAC to EUCAST disk diffusion
The BSAC working party on antimicrobial susceptibility testing recommends UK laboratories to switch to EUCAST disk diffusion in 2016 since the BSAC disk diffusion method will no longer be updated.[more]
The EUCAST Clinical Breakpoint Tables v. 6.0 for consultation.
Every year, EUCAST publishes next year´s breakpoint tables 2 - 3 weeks in advance to consult with all users.The final version will be published on the 1st of January 2016 both as an excel-version for use on screen and as a...[more]
