Quality Control In Microbiology Slideshare !!top!! Jun 2026

If Sarah had shipped the batch based on the first failed plate, she would have wasted $2 million of good medicine. But because she ran and environmental isolates , she saved it.

This is arguably the most regulated area of microbiology QC. Laboratories must follow CLSI (Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute) or EUCAST guidelines. quality control in microbiology slideshare

The Unseen Guardians Subtitle: A Story of Quality Control in Microbiology If Sarah had shipped the batch based on

QC is 10% science and 90% detective work. Sarah performed a Gram stain. The colony was pink (Gram-negative rods). She ran an Oxidase test. It turned blue. She loaded the VITEK 2 machine. The colony was pink (Gram-negative rods)

Media must support the growth of target organisms and inhibit non-targets.

"If it isn’t written down, it didn’t happen." Documentation is the backbone of QC.