Rapid AST directly from positive blood culture bottles (RAST) - several documents were updated.
- the breakpoint table was updated - new information on how to screen for and characterize benzylpenicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae added.
- files describing the correlation between RAST zone diameters and reference MIC values were updated
- methods document updated
- document describing the detection of specific resistance mechanisms updated
- document proposing how to implement RAST in the clinical laboratory updated.