Breakpoints validated for EUCAST short incubation disk diffusion directly from positive blood culture bottles.

For interpretation of rapid AST directly from blood culture bottles, reading and interpreting inhibition zones after 4 hours, 6 hours or 8 hours, always use the RAST Breakpoint Tables (see below), never use EUCAST standard 16 - 20 h breakpoints (regular EUCAST breakpoint tables).

Revision of the standard EUCAST breakpoint tables (v 10.0 valid from 2020) and the addition of several antibiotics generate changes in the RAST breakpoint table:

Because of an error in the E. faecalis tab in vs 2.0, a corrected version (v 2.1) is released 20 April, 2020: 

Breakpoint tables for Rapid AST directly from blood culture bottles, v 2.1 (pdf-file for printing; 20 April, 2020)

Breakpoint tables for Rapid AST directly from blood culture bottles, v 2.1 (Excel-table for screen; 20 April, 2020)

QC recommendations to facilitate the introduction of the methodology in the laboratory are embedded in the breakpoint table (QC tab).

Archived tables:

Breakpoint tables for Rapid AST directly from blood culture bottles, v 2.0 (pdf-file for printing; valid until 20 April, 2020)

Breakpoint tables for Rapid AST directly from blood culture bottles, v 2.0 (Excel-table for screen; valid until 20 April, 2020)

Breakpoint tables for Rapid AST directly from blood culture bottles, v 1.1 (pdf-file for printing); valid until 10 February, 2020.

Breakpoint tables for Rapid AST directly from blood culture bottles, v 1.1 (Excel-table for screen); valid until 10 February, 2020.

Breakpoint tables for Rapid AST directly from blood culture bottles v 1.0 (pdf for printing; valid until 2 May, 2019)

Breakpoint tables for Rapid AST directly from blood culture bottles v 1.0 (Excel for screen; valid until 2 May, 2019)

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