GLASS Manual for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in Common Bacteria Causing Human Infection.

• Place / Publishing House: Geneva : : World Health Organization,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (72 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Introduction -- 1.1 Background -- 1.2 GLASS early implementation and revision -- 1.3 Scope and purpose of the manual -- 1.4 What is new in GLASS methods for AMR surveillance? -- 2 Objectives of GLASS AMR surveillance -- 3 Core components of a national AMR surveillance system -- 3.1 National coordinating centre -- 3.2 National reference laboratory -- 3.3 Surveillance sites -- 4 AMR surveillance principles -- 5 GLASS approaches for AMR surveillance -- 5.1 Population under surveillance -- 5.2 Data collection -- 5.3 Considerations when generating AMR estimates for the target population using data collected through the surveillance system -- 5.4 Assumptions and limitations of GLASS-AMR surveillance based on routine clinical patient sampling -- 6 Approaches to improve data quality and representativeness -- 6.1 Enhancing the quality of surveillance based on routine diagnostic testing -- 6.2 Assessment of an AMR surveillance system based on routine diagnostic testing -- 6.3 National AMR prevalence surveys to improve the quality and representativeness of national AMR surveillance data (GLASS-AMR surveys) -- 7 GLASS-AMR surveillance targets -- 7.1 Specimen types and target pathogens -- 7.2 Antimicrobial-pathogen combinations -- 7.3 Molecular targets -- 8 Annual AMR data submission to GLASS -- 8.1 Aggregated data -- 8.2 Individual-level data -- 8.3 Collection of data on the status of national surveillance system -- 9 Collection, management, analysis and reporting of data -- 9.1 GLASS data flow -- 9.2 Collection and management of data at surveillance sites -- 9.3 Laboratory procedures at surveillance sites -- 9.4 Collection and management of data at the national level -- 9.5 Checking quality of data at the local level -- 10 Analysis and reporting of data -- 10.1 Key AMR metrics for global reporting.

References -- Annex 1 RIS dataset variables -- Annex 2. SAMPLE dataset variables -- Annex 3. Coded values for variables collected with national aggregated data -- Annex 4. Coded values for variables collected with individual data -- Annex 5. Types of care -- Annex 6. Implementation questionnaire -- Annex 7. Molecular indicators.