Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance. Questionnaire for Assessment of National Networks

WHO/CDS/CSR/RMD/2003.1

Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance. Questionnaire for Assessment of National Networks

Introduction

Component I: Laboratories in the network
Part 1:Basic laboratory capability and infrastructure
General information
Laboratory equipment and maintenance
Reagents and materials
Laboratory staff
Supervision and management
Reporting procedures
Safety

Part 2: Isolation and identification of bacterial isolates
Media production
Processing of specimens
Isolation of bacterial isolates
Identification of bacterial isolates

Part 3: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
General information
Performance of AST
Evaluation and reporting of AST results
Communication of AST data to network and local data users

Component II: Network centre/coordinator
General information
Collection of data
Quality control
Generation of AMR information report
Communication of AMR surveillance results