Compentency Testing

Competency Testing
	Are there specific recommendations for the types of organisms to be tested for Antimicrobial Competency Testing? Thanks, Deb Warner (answered 10/13/2005)
	For Acinetobacter baumannii, our physicians want Pip/Tazo and Meropenem sensitivity results. When setting an ID on the Vitek 2, we also set a MIC. The Vitek 2 is not accurate for this organism and drug combinations, so we set a Kirby sens for them. We are already charging 87186 for the MIC, can we charge a 87184 for the Kirby drugs tested or because this is a limitation of the Vitek, we cannot charge for the Kirby sens? Thanks Katie Itschner (answered 02/10/2005)