Quality Assessment of an Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System in a Province of Nepal

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global problem, and Nepal is no exception. Countries are expected to report annually to the World Health Organization on their AMR surveillance progress through a Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System, in which Nepal enrolled in 2017. We assessed the quality of AMR surveillance data during 2019–2020 at nine surveillance sites in Province 3 of Nepal for completeness, consistency, and timeliness and examined barriers for non-reporting sites. Here, we present the results of this cross-sectional descriptive study of secondary AMR data from five reporting sites and barriers identified through a structured questionnaire completed by representatives at the five reporting and four non-reporting sites. Among the 1584 records from the reporting sites assessed for consistency and completeness, 77–92% were consistent and 88–100% were complete, with inter-site variation. Data from two sites were received by the 15th day of the following month, whereas receipt was delayed by a mean of 175 days at three other sites. All four non-reporting sites lacked dedicated data personnel, and two lacked computers. The AMR surveillance data collection process needs improvement in completeness, consistency, and timeliness. Non-reporting sites need support to meet the specific requirements for data compilation and sharing..

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Electronic Article

Year of Publication:

2021

Publication:

2021

Contained In:

To Main Record - volume:6

Contained In:

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease - 6(2021), 2, p 60

Language:

English

Contributors:

Jyoti Acharya [Author]
Maria Zolfo [Author]
Wendemagegn Enbiale [Author]
Khine Wut Yee Kyaw [Author]
Meika Bhattachan [Author]
Nisha Rijal [Author]
Anjana Shrestha [Author]
Basudha Shrestha [Author]
Surendra Kumar Madhup [Author]
Bijendra Raj Raghubanshi [Author]
Hari Prasad Kattel [Author]
Piyush Rajbhandari [Author]
Parmananda Bhandari [Author]
Subhash Thakur [Author]
Saroj Sharma [Author]
Dipendra Raman Singh [Author]
Runa Jha [Author]

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Keywords:

Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS)
Medicine
NPHL
Operational research
R
Reference laboratory
SORT IT

doi:

10.3390/tropicalmed6020060

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PPN (Catalogue-ID):

DOAJ08672018X