A comprehensive referenced collection of over 100 recommended algorithms and procedures for clinical microbiology.

UK SMI Document Repository

Bacteriology

Bacteriology standards for the laboratory covering receipt of the sample in the laboratory to the issue of a report

Virology

Virology standards for the laboratory covering receipt of the sample to the issue of the report

Syndromic

Syndromic documents to help clinicians and diagnostic laboratory staff choose the correct approach for investigating a sample from a clinical setting

Identification

Documents to enable identification of organisms

Quality

Documents describing essential laboratory methodologies to underpin quality, including assay validation and quality assurance

Test procedures

Test procedures outline the steps required to identify organisms