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Standards for microbiology investigations (UK SMI)

UK Standards for Microbiology Investigations (UK SMIs) are a comprehensive referenced collection of recommended algorithms and procedures for clinical microbiology.

Updates to this page

From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published:
1 August 2014
Last updated:
4 April 2024
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  1. Removed all documents because now available on Royal College of Pathologists website.

  2. Updated UK SMI repository section.

  3. Removed 'report on survey into susceptibility testing methodology'.

  4. The standards for microbiology investigations (SMI): searchable index has been added.

  5. First published.

This collection was withdrawn on

This content is now available at UK Standards for Microbiology Investigations.

Attention to all users:

The hyperlinks to relevant UK SMIs within each document will be updated to the Royal College of Pathologists website in due course. To locate the desired UK SMI document, please browse through the categories using its title and number. 

For instance, to view ‘UK SMI S 2: Pneumonia’, go to the Syndromic category and select the document from the drop-down menu using the title and number.

UK Standards for Microbiology Investigations (UK SMIs) are now hosted on the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPath) website. Up-to-date information can be found at this location.

Contact standards@ukhsa.gov.uk for any queries.