Diagnostic Stewardship – from Swab to Requisition

Wednesday 18 March 2026, 11.00AM AEDT

International Guest Speaker: Jim Gauthier

Diagnostic Stewardship – from Swab to Requisition

The Microbiology laboratory has minimal control over the specimens received. Improperly collected specimens can provide misleading results which can lead to unneeded antibiotics. This presentation reviews proper specimen collection and possible pathogens that can be present in and on the human body.

Objectives

• Be able to list at least two pieces of information required on a requisition to ensure identification and clinically relevant results
• Understand the proper collection of urine and stool
• Understand issues with swab and fluid specimens
• Recognize how poor specimens can lead to overuse of antibiotics

About the speaker: Jim Gauthier is a medical laboratory technologist by training. Jim worked in general microbiology, water and food bacteriology, and parasitology. While in the lab, Jim found his love of infection prevention and became board-certified in 1990. Jim has worked in, or consulted to acute care, long term care, medical and dental clinics, optometrists, schools, industry, public health and even funeral homes. Jim has lectured throughout North America and internationally in England, Germany, France, Portugal, Hong Kong and New Zealand

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