Antimicrobial Resistance (AR) Lab Network Regional Lab testing takes place in both the Bacteriology Laboratory_[1] and the Mycology Laboratory_[2] (Candida)

Northeast Regional Isolate Submission (CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, RI, VT and NYC)

• Submit discordant carbapenem-resistane Enterobacterales (CRE)/ carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) after initial testing, pan-resistant CRE/CRPA, and multidrug-resistant (MDR) Acinetobacter baumanii
• For test orders and results_[3]
• Carbapenemase gene-positive (CP) - carbapenem-resistant organism (CRO) Isolate Ordering & Shipping Instructions_[4]

New York State Isolate Submission 

• NYS CRE/CRPA isolate submission should include CRE, CRPA, pan-resistant CRE/CRPA, and MDR Acinetobacter baumanii
• For test orders and results_[5]
• CP-CRO Isolate Ordering & Shipping Instructions_[6]

AR Lab Network Regional Carbapenemase-producing Organism (CPO) Colonization Submission

• Preapproval of testing is required. Contact the AR Lab Network Core_[7]
• Sampling and Shipping Instructions_[8]

AR Lab Network Expanded Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (ExAST)

• Preapproval of testing is required. Contact the AR Lab Network Core_[9]
• ExAST Fact Sheet_[10]

Northeast Region AR Lab Network Newsletters

• 2022-2023_[11]
• December 2021_[12]
• December 2020_[13]

Learn more about the role of Wadsworth Center's AR Lab Network Core in the national Antimicrobial Resistance Laboratory Network_[14].