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ROUTINE MICROBIOLOGY COMBINATION - RMC

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Analytes/procedures in bold type are regulated for proficiency testing by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Procedure	Challenges per Shipment	Number of Shipments

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing	2	Three shipments per year
GC culture	2
Gram stain and morphology	2
Group A Streptococcus antigen detection*	1
Throat culture/molecular	3
Urine culture	3

*If your laboratory uses a waived method for Group A Streptococcus, these results will not count toward the required five challenges for the subspecialty of bacteriology.

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Five loop specimens with diluents in duplicate, three swab specimens with diluents in duplicate, and one swab specimen for bacterial antigen detection
Urine culture will have two susceptibility challenges.
Throat swabs compatible with molecular- and culture-based methods

Shipping Schedule

Shipment A: March 24
Shipment B: August 4
Shipment C: December 1

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