as well as contributing to policy and planning deliberations. Mandatory All AMR reporting is voluntary. The desirability reporting The reporting of AMR data for of a of certain organism/antibiotic mandatory combinations is mandated by reporting needs government. to be determined. If The reporting of AMR data for certain organism/specimen some level of type combinations is mandatory mandated by government. reporting is desired, potential mechanisms at a jurisdictional or national level need to be explored. Population AMR data are collected to An Australian monitored reflect community-acquired national system infections only. should collect AMR data are collected to data from reflect healthcare-acquired community infections only. and associated AMR data are collected to reflect a subset of hospital settings. data only (e.g. intensive care units). AMR data are collected to reflect community and associated settings.
as well as contributing to policy and planning deliberations. Mandatory reporting All AMR reporting is voluntary. The reporting of AMR data for certain organism/antibiotic combinations is mandated by government. The reporting of AMR data for certain organism/specimen type combinations is mandated by government. The desirability of a of mandatory reporting needs to be determined. If some level of mandatory reporting is desired, potential mechanisms at a jurisdictional or national level need to be explored. Population monitored AMR data are collected to reflect community-acquired infections only. AMR data are collected to reflect healthcare-acquired infections only. AMR data are collected to reflect a subset of hospital data only (e.g. intensive care units). AMR data are collected to reflect community and settings. An Australian national system should collect data from community and settings. associated associated
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