Antimicrobial resistance surveillance
Resistance surveillance combines laboratory susceptibility data, denominators, specimen quality and time trends to guide infection-control and antimicrobial stewardship decisions.
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Comparable measurements
Use consistent laboratory methods, susceptibility standards, organism identification and reporting criteria before interpreting temporal changes.
De-duplicate isolates
A patient with multiple cultures can distort rates if repeated isolates are counted as independent infections.
Link to epidemiology
Patient population, infection site, specimen source, outbreaks and antibiotic exposure affect observed resistance proportions.
Act with stewardship
Local antibiograms can inform empiric policy when properly stratified; communicate limitations and revise recommendations as resistance patterns change.
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