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Acknowledgment
The diagnostic laboratories services at the Directorate General of Specialized Medical Care (DGSMC) at Ministry of Health (MOH) would like to thank and appreciate the great effort of the Microbiology documents development team. Participated and contributed personnel are:
Member name | Institution | Designation |
Dr.Mahmoud Al Subhi | Rustaq Hospital | Team Leader Consultant medical microbiologist |
Ms. Zainab Al Hadhrami | Directorate General of Specialized Medical Care | Team Coordinator Senior technologist specialist A |
Ms. Saleh Al Shukairi | Ibra Hospital | Senior technologist specialist A |
Dr. Hanaa Al Auraimi | Royal Police of Oman Hospital | Consultant medical microbiologist |
Dr. Nawal AL Kindi | Khoula Hospital | Consultant medical microbiologist |
Dr. Al Warith Al Kharusi | Nizwa Hospital | Consultant medical microbiologist |
Dr. Abdulrahman Al Mahrooqi | Ibri Hospital | Specialist microbiologist pathologist |
Dr. Nada Al Tamtami | Al Massara Hospital | Consultant medical microbiologist |
Dr. Wafaa Al Tamtami | Armed Forces Hospital | Specialist microbiologist pathologist |
Acronyms:
ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
ASP | Antimicrobial stewardship Program |
ID | Identification |
IQC | Internal Quality Control |
MDRO | Multidrug Resistant Organism |
MRSA | Methicillin Resistant Staph. Aureus |
SOP | Standard operating procedure |
AST | Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing |
CLSI | Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute |
ESBL | Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase |
EUCAST | European Committee of Antimicrobial Susceptibility testing |