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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1971 December; 22(6): 980-986
Copyright © 1971 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Prototype of a Fully Automated Device for Determination of Bacterial Antibiotic Susceptibility in the Clinical Laboratory ¹

The Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York 11040
Technicon Instrument Corp., Tarrytown, New York 10591

ABSTRACT

A completely automated system for the performance of antibiotic susceptibility tests in the clinical laboratory is described. With a modicum of personnel involvement, data on 40 specimens tested against 13 antibiotics are obtained every hour after an initial 3-hr period. The step by step explanation of the functioning of this prototype system, based on a thoroughly tested manual model, is presented. The system compares well with the standard diffusion test and has a potential for application to other endeavors of the clinical microbiology laboratory with a comparable saving in time and labor.

¹ Presented in part at the 71st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Minneapolis, Minn.