Online seminars 2022
NordicAST webinar on basic AST - Wednesday, Nov 16th 2022 (link to recording of the webinar)
Links to slides from webinar
The EUCAST disk diffusion method (Erika Matuschek)
The EUCAST disk diffusion test - Reading of zones (Erika Matuschek)
NordicAST Online Seminar No.5 on Thursday, February 3rd 2022, 13.00-14.30 (Central European Time/UTC+1)
Title: What is new in the breakpoint table v12.0? (link to recording of seminar - available to view until 30/06/22)
Short description: Changes in the breakpoint table v12.0 will be presented. The presentation will last for about 60 minutes and afterwards, there will be time for questions. Questions should be communicated via the chat function open during the session.
Online seminars 2021
Agenda for NordicAST Webinar (Digital Workshop), September 22nd 2021, 10.00-15.00 (UTC+2/Stockholm)
10.00-10.05 (UTC+2/Stockholm)
Welcome and introduction to mentimeter (Iren Høyland Löhr)
10.05-10.30 EDL: What is going on in the EUCAST Development Laboratory? (Erika Matuschek)
10.30-11.15 ATU: Technical uncertain situations and how to handle them (Annika Wistedt and Christian Giske)
11.15-11.25 Break
11.25-12.00 Aminoglycosides: Why are there no systemic breakpoints for aminoglycosides? (Christian Giske)
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.45 “I” definition: Implementation of the new I definition - Clinical and laboratory experiences (Barbara Holzknecht and Nathalie Friberg)
13.45-14.45 MDR Gram-negative bacilli
Mechanisms of resistance and testing for ESBLCARBA (Iren Høyland Löhr)
New antibiotics for treatment of MDR Gram-negatives (Christian Giske)
14.45-15.00 Goodbye
Time master: Kaisu Rantakokko-Jalava
Chat master: Robert Skov
Mentimeter: Ulrik Stenz Justesen
Links to previous online seminars
Tuesday 09/02, 2021, 13.00 - 14.30 (UTC +1)
NordicAST Online Seminar No.4: What is new in the breakpoint table v11.0 ? (link to recorded video of seminar)
NordicAST Online Seminar No.4: What is new in the breakpoint table v11.0 ? (link to slides from the presentation - 5 MB)
Thursday 3/12, 2020, 13.00 PM (Stockholm)
NordicAST Online Seminar No.3 : Rapid AST directly from positive blood culture bottles – the EUCAST method. (link to recorded video of seminar)
Friday 27/11, 2020, 11.00 AM (Stockholm)
NordicAST Online Seminar No.2 : The new EUCAST definitions of S, I and R and the use of ATU. (link to recorded video of seminar)
NordicAST Online Seminar No.2 : The new EUCAST definitions of S, I and R and the use of ATU. (link to slides from the presentation - 48 MB)
Thursday 5/11, 2020, 13.00 – 14.30 (UTC +1)
NordicAST Online Seminar No.1 : How to use the EUCAST and the NordicAST breakpoint tables. (link to recorded video of seminar)
Link to recordings of all three NordicAST online seminars. (on YouTube)