EUCAST News

17.10.2024

The importance of national AST committees (NACs)

EUCAST has for many years encouraged countries to form National AST Committees (NAC). The NAC will serve as a liaison between on one hand EUCAST (or another system) and on the other national microbiology and infectious diseases. The NAC can have many purposes and tasks, the most important being the general support of clinical microbiological laboratories in the country. There is a EUCAST proposal for how to form a NAC and what tasks may be prioritised.