Introduction. Background -- Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS) -- Objectives of GLASS -- Road map -- Surveillance methods. Routine surveillance and case-finding based on routine clinical samples -- of priority specimen types -- Priority pathogen-antibacterial combinations on which GLASS will gather data -- Priority specimen types to be assessed -- Participation in GLASS. Enrolment -- Requirements for participation -- Proposed steps in setting up a national AMR surveillance system -- Collection, management, analysis and reporting of data -- WHO support for GLASS activities and capacity-building -- References. Surveillance approaches -- Information to be collected routinely at points of care on all clinical samples sent for bacteriological culture and testing for susceptibility to antimicrobial agents -- Structure for reporting aggregated data by a national surveillance coordinating centre -- Sample indicators for monitoring and evaluating implementation of GLASS -- Document review group.
Summary:
"In May 2015, the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly adopted the Global action plan on antimicrobial resistance, which reflects the global consensus that AMR poses a profound threat to human health. One of the five strategic objectives of the Global action plan is to strengthen the evidence base through enhanced global surveillance and research. The Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS) has been developed to facilitate and encourage a standardized approach to AMR surveillance globally and in turn support the implementation of the Global action plan on antimicrobial resistance. This manual addresses the early phase of implementation of GLASS, focussing on surveillance of resistance in common human bacterial pathogens. The intended readership of this publication is public health professionals and health authorities responsible for national AMR surveillance. It outlines the GLASS standards and describes the road map for implementation of the system between 2015 and 2019. Further development of GLASS will be based on the lessons learnt during this period"--Publisher's description.
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