Overview of Canada's Antimicrobial Resistance Network (AMRNet): A data-driven One Health approach to antimicrobial resistance surveillance.

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https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v48i1112a05

Language of the publication
English
Date
2022-12
Type
Article
Author(s)
  • Rudnick, Wallis
  • Mukhi, Shamir N.
  • Reid-Smith, Richard J.
  • German, Greg J.
  • Nichani, Anil
  • Mulvey, Michael R.
  • Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network Antimicrobial Resistance Working Group
  • Canadian Animal Health Laboratorians Network Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Working Group
Publisher
Public Health Agency of Canada

Abstract

The Antimicrobial Resistance Network (AMRNet) is a laboratory-based antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance system under development at the Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC’s) National Microbiology Laboratory. The AMRNet surveillance system captures information on antimicrobial susceptibility testing from clinical and veterinary laboratories including both public and private facilities. In the future, the AMRNet system will also capture relevant data from existing PHAC surveillance systems for AMR including the Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance, the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program and the Enhanced Surveillance of Antimicrobial-Resistant Gonorrhea program, and contribute to the Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System. AMRNet’s integrated “One Health” approach will allow health professionals and researchers to take a multi-dimensional perspective of AMR in both human and animal health in Canada and will make Canada a leader in AMR surveillance. AMRNet is a collaboration between PHAC, provincial and territorial public health organizations as well as clinical and veterinary laboratories across the country. As part of a phased rollout, AMRNet is now collecting human clinical data from three provinces, from both inpatients and outpatients. Ultimately, AMRNet aims to capture all antimicrobial susceptibility testing results from all bacterial and fungal pathogens across Canada. This article describes the AMRNet surveillance system, including program objectives, system structure and the data collected. The integration of human and animal data in AMRNet will inform One Health responses to AMR issues. The capacity to collect and to disseminate data to stakeholders in real time is a critical step to addressing emerging AMR issues in Canada.

Subject

  • Health

Keywords

  • surveillance,
  • antimicrobial resistance,
  • antimicrobial susceptibility,
  • one health,
  • bacteria,
  • fungi,
  • Antimicrobial Resistance Network

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Pagination

522-528

Peer review

Yes

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ISSN
1481-8531

Article

Journal title
Canada Communicable Disease Report
Journal volume
48
Journal issue
11/12

Citation(s)

Rudnick W, Mukhi SN, Reid-Smith RJ, German GJ, Nichani A, Mulvey MR, the Canadian Public Health Laboratory Network Antimicrobial Resistance Working Group, and the Canadian Animal Health Laboratorians Network Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Working Group. Overview of Canada’s Antimicrobial Resistance Network (AMRNet): A data-driven One Health approach to antimicrobial resistance surveillance. Can Commun Dis Rep 2022;48(11/12):522−8. https://doi.org/10.14745/ccdr.v48i1112a05

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