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JOINT INFECTION PANEL - JIP
JIP
Analytes/procedures in bold type are regulated for proficiency testing by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Analyte/Procedure
Challenges per Shipment
Number of Shipments
Anaerococcus prevotii/vaginalis
5
Three shipments per year
Bacteroides fragilis
5
Candida albicans
5
Citrobacter
5
Cutibacterium avidum/granulosum
5
Enterobacter cloacae complex
5
Enterococcus faecalis
5
Enterococcus faecium
5
Escherichia coli
5
Finegoldia magna
5
Haemophilus influenzae
5
Kingella kingae
5
Klebsiella aerogenes
5
Klebsiella pneumoniae group
5
Morganella morganii
5
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
5
Parvimonas micra
5
Peptoniphilus spp.
5
Peptostreptococcus anaerobius
5
Proteus spp.
5
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
5
Salmonella spp.
5
Serratia marcescens
5
Staphylococcus aureus
5
Staphylococcus lugdunensis
5
Streptococcus agalactiae
5
Streptococcus pneumoniae
5
Streptococcus pyogenes
5
Program Information
Five 0.5-mL liquid specimens
Designed for molecular multiplex panel users
Program challenges may contain the following antimicrobial resistance genes on a rotational basis: CTX-M, IMP, KPC, mecA/C and MREJ, NDM, OXA-48-like, vanA/B, and VIM.