The Commitment Value of antibiotic QC For the patient The laboratory The Hands and Heads Skilled personnel The media The incubator The bacterial isolate The antibiotics The standard operating procedures (SOP) Other Essential ingredients Dr.T.V.Rao MD Periodic reporting of the susceptibility pattern of the prevalent strains is an invaluable aid to forming a sound policy on antibiotic usage in the hospital by restriction and/or rotation of life-saving drugs, such as the aminoglycosides and cephalosporins.