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.