Abstract Objectives The UK Five Year Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Strategy was
published in September 2013 and recommended a One Health approach emphasizing the …

Abstract In 2002, the Scottish Executive produced the Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy and
Scottish Action Plan, which highlighted antimicrobial stewardship as a key objective in …

The goal of this exercise was to organize external quality assurance (QA) of antibiotic
susceptibility testing for laboratories participating in EARSS and to assess the comparability …

Abstract The UK Government Specialist Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance
and Healthcare-Associated Infections (ARHAI) was established in 2007. It has responsibility …

A questionnaire was circulated to 384 United Kingdom laboratories by the United Kingdom
National External Quality Assessment Scheme (NEQAS) for Microbiology. The main …

Local, regional, national and global surveillance initiatives have several important functions,
which include identifying shifts in antibiotic resistance, detecting the emergence of new …

Objectives To examine the level of knowledge about antibiotic treatment and awareness of
antibiotic resistance among the general public in Sweden. Methods A quantitative, cross …

Editorials veillance of bacterial infections. An effective surveillance system is essential to
identify the threat from the changing bacterial resistance patterns, and to identify the …

Bacterial resistance to antibiotics in community‐acquired respiratory tract infections is a
serious problem and is increasing in prevalence world‐wide at an alarming rate …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major global public health threat, particularly affecting
patients in resource-poor settings. Comprehensive surveillance programmes are essential …