Japan nosocomial infections surveillance (JANIS): a model of sustainable national antimicrobial resistance surveillance based on hospital diagnostic microbiology laboratories.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now recognized as a major threat to public health, and surveillance of AMR is essential for successful containment. In 2000, Japan Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (JANIS) Clinical Laboratory (CL) division has been launched as a voluntary AMR surveillance funded by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and managed by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases. In this study, we aimed to propose a model of sustainable national AMR surveillance which provides not only national AMR surveillance reports but also benchmarking reports to each hospital to facilitate infection control practices.

Methods

JANIS CL division collects comprehensive specimen-based data complies with JANIS data format from participating hospitals each

SUBMITTER: Tsutsui A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6195991 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature