BSAC Standing Committee on Susceptibility Testing

The BSAC Susceptibility Testing Standing Committee was established in 1981; it developed one of the first standardised susceptibility testing disc diffusion methods in 2001. In recent years, the committee has played an essential role in EUCAST, moving to harmonise breakpoints and standardise susceptibility testing throughout Europe & now the World.

The committee now aims to:

• Support UK laboratories through the transition from BSAC to EUCAST disc diffusion methods
• Support further development of EUCAST susceptibility testing methods
• Improve quality of susceptibility testing through educational User Group Days & Residential Workshops

Membership:

Dr Robin Howe (Chair)	Consultant Microbiologist, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Dr. Mandy Wootton (Secretary)	Lead Scientist, SACU, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
Prof. Alasdair MacGowan	Consultant Microbiologist, Southmead Hospital, Bristol
Prof. David Livermore	Prof. of Medical Microbiology, University of East Anglia, Norwich
Dr. Nicholas Brown	Consultant Microbiologist, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge
Dr. Trevor Winstanley	Clinical Scientist, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield
Dr. Derek Brown	EUCAST Scientific Secretary
Mr. Christopher Teale	Animal & Plant Health Agency, Shrewsbury
Prof. Gunnar Kahlmeter	EUCAST Steering Committee member, Vӓxjӧ, Sweden
Dr. Karen Bowker	Clinical Scientist, Southmead Hospital, Bristol
Dr. Gerry Glynn	Medical Microbiologist, Altnagelvin Hospital, N. Ireland
Dr. Fiona MacKenzie	Manager, Scottish Microbiology & Virology Network, Aberdeen
Ms. Phillipa Burns	Sn. BMS, Public Health England, Manchester