Open AccessAre bacterial culture quantifications reliable? Comparative performance of the WASP automated inoculation instrument in the era of ISO 15189 accreditation
Author(s) -
Vincent Fihman,
S. C. Bleunven,
J. M. Le Glaunec,
Fabienne Maillebuau,
I. De Rochebouet,
Biba Nebbad-Lechani,
Marine Desroches,
JeanWinoc Decousser
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000847
Subject(s) - repeatability , biology , colony forming unit , microbiology and biotechnology , inoculation , veterinary medicine , bacteria , medicine , mathematics , immunology , statistics , genetics
Isolating colonies and obtaining accurate colony counts from bacterial cultures are critical steps for the optimal management of infected patients. The uncertainties in the colony count results from the bacterial cultures were evaluated by verifying the performance of the WASP inoculation system according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 15189 standard.