Disc Diffusion Method SOP

DG of Health Services and Programmes

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