MCB4271 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
According to WHO, what is the purpose of surveillance? - Answer -"To better
understand and respond to antimicrobial resistance patterns and key drivers,
information about antimicrobial resistance incidence, prevalence, and trends"
What is the purpose of surveillance on AMR? - Answer --To determine the scope of the
problem
-Formulate effective response to AMR
-Monitor effectiveness of the response to AMR
What are the general conclusions on the surveillance on AMR? - Answer --too many
gaps in info on pathogens of major public conern
-surveillance is not coordinated/harmonized
-many common treatments for bacterial infex are becoming ineffective across the world
-ABR has negative impact on outcomes for affected patients and healthcare
expenditures
-high levels of resistance have been observed in bacteria that cause common HAI/CAI
across all WHO regions
-use TB, malaria, HIV as a model
What is GLASS? - Answer -Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System
What is the goal of GLASS? - Answer -"to enable standardized, comparable, and
validated data on AMR to be collected, analysed and shared with countries, in order to
inform decision-making, drive local, national and regional action and provide the
evidence based for action and advocacy."
What are the 6 objectives of GLASS? - Answer -1. Foster national surveillance systems
2. Estimate the extent and burden of AMR globally
3. Analyze and report global data on AMR on a regular basis
4. Detect emerging resistance and its international spread
5. Inform implementation of targeted prevention and control programs
6. Assess the impact of interventions
What are surveillance sites? - Answer -collect basic demographic, clinical,
epidemiological and microbiological info from patients (reports to NRL)
What is National Reference Laboratory? - Answer -promote good lab practices and
supports labs in the national surveillance system
What is National Coordinating Center - Answer -establishes and oversees the national
surveillance program, gathers national AMR data and communicates with GLASS
What are the 8 priority pathogens? - Answer -E. coli
According to WHO, what is the purpose of surveillance? - Answer -"To better
understand and respond to antimicrobial resistance patterns and key drivers,
information about antimicrobial resistance incidence, prevalence, and trends"
What is the purpose of surveillance on AMR? - Answer --To determine the scope of the
problem
-Formulate effective response to AMR
-Monitor effectiveness of the response to AMR
What are the general conclusions on the surveillance on AMR? - Answer --too many
gaps in info on pathogens of major public conern
-surveillance is not coordinated/harmonized
-many common treatments for bacterial infex are becoming ineffective across the world
-ABR has negative impact on outcomes for affected patients and healthcare
expenditures
-high levels of resistance have been observed in bacteria that cause common HAI/CAI
across all WHO regions
-use TB, malaria, HIV as a model
What is GLASS? - Answer -Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System
What is the goal of GLASS? - Answer -"to enable standardized, comparable, and
validated data on AMR to be collected, analysed and shared with countries, in order to
inform decision-making, drive local, national and regional action and provide the
evidence based for action and advocacy."
What are the 6 objectives of GLASS? - Answer -1. Foster national surveillance systems
2. Estimate the extent and burden of AMR globally
3. Analyze and report global data on AMR on a regular basis
4. Detect emerging resistance and its international spread
5. Inform implementation of targeted prevention and control programs
6. Assess the impact of interventions
What are surveillance sites? - Answer -collect basic demographic, clinical,
epidemiological and microbiological info from patients (reports to NRL)
What is National Reference Laboratory? - Answer -promote good lab practices and
supports labs in the national surveillance system
What is National Coordinating Center - Answer -establishes and oversees the national
surveillance program, gathers national AMR data and communicates with GLASS
What are the 8 priority pathogens? - Answer -E. coli
