TY - JOUR
T1 - National laboratory-based surveillance system for antimicrobial resistance
T2 - a successful tool to support the control of antimicrobial resistance in the Netherlands
AU - National AMR Surveillance Study Group
AU - Altorf-van der Kuil, Wieke
AU - Schoffelen, Annelot F.
AU - de Greeff, Sabine C.
AU - Thijsen, Steven F.T.
AU - Alblas, H. Jeroen
AU - Notermans, Daan W.
AU - Vlek, Anne L.M.
AU - van der Sande, Marianne A.B.
AU - Leenstra, Tjalling
AU - Cohen-Stuart, J. W.T.
AU - Weersink, A. J.L.
AU - Visser, C. E.
AU - Vandenbroucke-Grauls, C. M.J.E.
AU - van Ogtrop, M. L.
AU - Soeltan-Kaersenhout, D. J.
AU - Scholing, M.
AU - van Hees, B. C.
AU - van Keulen, P. H.J.
AU - Blijboom, L.
AU - Frakking, F. N.J.
AU - Groenendijk, S.
AU - van Heereveld, J.
AU - Hertroys, R.
AU - Monen, J. C.
AU - van Triest, M. I.
AU - Wielders, C. C.H.
AU - Woudt, S. H.S.
AU - Kluytmans, J. A.J.W.
AU - Lundblad-Mattsson, E. E.
AU - Sebens, F. W.
AU - de Jong, E.
AU - Frénay, H. M.E.
AU - Maraha, B.
AU - van Griethuysen, A. J.
AU - Silvis, W.
AU - Demeulemeester, A.
AU - Wintermans, B. B.
AU - van Trijp, M. J.C.A.
AU - Hendrix, M. G.R.
AU - Ott, A.
AU - Arends, J. P.
AU - Kampinga, G. A.
AU - Veenendaal, D.
AU - de Brauwer, E. I.G.B.
AU - Stals, F. S.
AU - Bakker, L. J.
AU - Dorigo-Zetsma, J. W.
AU - Ridwan, B.
AU - van Zeijl, J. H.
AU - Overdevest, I. T.M.A.
PY - 2017/11/16
Y1 - 2017/11/16
N2 - An important cornerstone in the control of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a well-designed quantitative system for the surveillance of spread and temporal trends in AMR. Since 2008, the Dutch national AMR surveillance system, based on routine data from medical microbiological laboratories (MMLs), has developed into a successful tool to support the control of AMR in the Netherlands. It provides background information for policy making in public health and healthcare services, supports development of empirical antibiotic therapy guidelines and facilitates in-depth research. In addition, participation of the MMLs in the national AMR surveillance network has contributed to sharing of knowledge and quality improvement. A future improvement will be the implementation of a new semantic standard together with standardised data transfer, which will reduce errors in data handling and enable a more real-time surveillance. Furthermore, the scientific impact and the possibility of detecting outbreaks may be amplified by merging the AMR surveillance database with databases from selected pathogen-based surveillance programmes containing patient data and genotypic typing data.
AB - An important cornerstone in the control of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a well-designed quantitative system for the surveillance of spread and temporal trends in AMR. Since 2008, the Dutch national AMR surveillance system, based on routine data from medical microbiological laboratories (MMLs), has developed into a successful tool to support the control of AMR in the Netherlands. It provides background information for policy making in public health and healthcare services, supports development of empirical antibiotic therapy guidelines and facilitates in-depth research. In addition, participation of the MMLs in the national AMR surveillance network has contributed to sharing of knowledge and quality improvement. A future improvement will be the implementation of a new semantic standard together with standardised data transfer, which will reduce errors in data handling and enable a more real-time surveillance. Furthermore, the scientific impact and the possibility of detecting outbreaks may be amplified by merging the AMR surveillance database with databases from selected pathogen-based surveillance programmes containing patient data and genotypic typing data.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85034982946&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.46.17-00062
DO - https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.46.17-00062
M3 - Article
C2 - 29162208
SN - 1025-496X
VL - 22
JO - Eurosurveillance
JF - Eurosurveillance
IS - 46
M1 - 17-00062
ER -