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December 12, 2024
The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) announced today the formation of a new Laboratory-Developed Test (LDT) Final Rule Advisory Group. The group, comprising 15 respected subject matter experts in laboratory medicine and regulatory policy, is scheduled to convene for the first time in mid-December 2024.
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March 19, 2024
The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) has released a new update of CLSI M100—Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, 34th Edition and revised editions of CLSI M02—Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Disk Susceptibility Tests, 14th Edition and CLSI M07—Methods for Dilution Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests for Bacteria that Grow Aerobically, 12th Edition.
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January 23, 2024
The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2024 Excellence Awards. The Excellence Awards recognize the achievements of CLSI volunteers and organizational members who are committed to CLSI’s mission and have helped improve the quality of medical care worldwide. Recipients are recognized for dedicating significant time and effort to the development, implementation, and promotion of CLSI standards.
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January 9, 2024
The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) announced today the implementation of new Country-Based Pricing for countries that meet economic criteria set forth by the World Bank. Effective immediately, this pricing structure will enable laboratories and clinicians around the world, regardless of resources, to more feasibly access CLSI’s robust library of standards documents, training and support materials, and membership.
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January 8, 2024
The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) is pleased to announce its 2024 Board of Directors.
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August 3, 2023
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a Power of Associations Gold Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) for CLSI’s successful global #MicroFree program.
Read MoreMarch 31, 2023
The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) has published M24S—Performance Standards for Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacteria, Nocardia spp., and Other Aerobic Actinomycetes, 2nd Edition. M24S includes the minimal inhibitory concentrations and QC ranges developed following the standards described in CLSI document M24, which includes susceptibility testing procedures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), clinically significant slowly and rapidly growing mycobacterial species, Nocardia spp., and other aerobic actinomycetes. Also included in this standard are recommendations for selecting agents for first-line and second-line drug testing, organism group–specific methodologies, reporting recommendations, and organism quality control criteria.
Read MoreMarch 3, 2023
CLSI has published M100—Performance Standards for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, 33rd Edition. The tables presented in M100 represent the most current information for drug selection, interpretation, and quality control using the procedures standardized in CLSI documents M02, M07, and M11. This document is intended for use by microbiology labs, antimicrobial stewardship teams, infectious disease experts, and other relevant stakeholders intending to provide optimal patent care using the most up-to-date antimicrobial susceptibility breakpoints and test methods. To ensure the correct use of the document, users should replace previously published tables with the new edition immediately.
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2023
The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute announces the recipients of its 2023 Excellence Awards. These awards celebrate the achievements of CLSI volunteers and organizational members who are committed to CLSI’s mission and have helped improve the quality of medical care worldwide. Recipients are recognized for dedicating significant time and effort to the development, implementation, and promotion of CLSI standards.
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October 28, 2022
The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) has published the 3rd Edition of EP19—A Framework for Using CLSI Documents to Evaluate Medical Laboratory Test Methods. The 3rd Edition of the EP19 Report is available free, and introduces the Test Life Phases Model, which points users to CLSI evaluation protocol documents to establish and implement commercially manufactured or laboratory-developed test (LDT) methods.
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