BA

Blood agar

CA

Chocolate agar

MAC

MacConkey

ATCC

American Type Culture Collection

H&S

Health and Safety

ID

Identification

IQC

Internal Quality Control

QC

Quality Control

CRE

Carbapenem Resistance Enterobacteriaceae

CPE

Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae

MDRA

Multi-Drug Resistance Acinetobacter

MDROs

Multi-Drug Resistance Organisms

SOP

Standard operating procedure

TAT

Turnaround time

GNB

Gram-Negative Bacilli

HAI

Hospital acquired infection

HAC

Hospital acquired hospitalisation

MHT

Modified Hodge test

CIM

Carbapenemase inactivation method

ETP

Ertapenum