Plan for Confirm Plan Stage 2 program international direction participation Plan for Be a One Stage 3 Health leader Table 12: Element 1 Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance – It is essential to measure the extent and trends in antimicrobial resistance in the community and hospitals if effective interventions are to be developed, and outcomes from Rationale interventions demonstrated. Proposed Review available and potential data sources approach Develop and promulgate standard approaches Develop existing systems and mechanisms that are operating or have the potential to operate at a national level Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Passive New initiatives explicit aim Comprehensive – surveillance is to receive data from passive, – real-time external entities. The targeted and public Australian Commission on alert systems and private Safety and Quality in Health for: laboratory data Care will not assume humans Targeted authority for animals and animals surveillance food, but may lever funding food and Alert from existing government – emerging departments for animal, pathogens food and nonbacterial microorganisms (fungi and viruses) Improve existing initiatives – extend targeted and alert surveillance systems Table 13: Element 2 Surveillance of antibiotic usage –
Plan for Stage 2 Confirm program direction Plan for Stage 3 Plan international participation Be a One Health leader Table 12: Element 1 – Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance Rationale It is essential to measure the extent and trends in antimicrobial resistance in the community and hospitals if effective interventions are to be developed, and outcomes from interventions demonstrated. Proposed approach Review available and potential data sources Develop and promulgate standard approaches Develop existing systems and mechanisms that are operating or have the potential to operate at a national level Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Passive surveillance – real-time public and private laboratory data Targeted surveillance Alert – emerging pathogens New initiatives – explicit aim is to receive data from external entities. The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care will not assume authority for animals and food, but may lever funding from existing government departments for animal, food and nonbacterial microorganisms (fungi and viruses) Improve existing initiatives – extend targeted and alert surveillance systems Comprehensive passive, targeted and alert systems for: humans animals food and Table 13: Element 2 – Surveillance of antibiotic usage
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