Establishment of the South Korean national antimicrobial resistance surveillance system, Kor-GLASS, in 2016.

In this report, we summarise principles and processes in order to share our experiences with other countries planning to establish a national AMR surveillance system. The pilot operation of Kor-GLASS allowed us to understand the national burden of specific infectious diseases and the status of bacterial AMR. Issues pertaining to high costs and labour-intensive operation were raised during the pilot, and improvements are being made.
PMID: 30352643 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Euro Surveill - October 1, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Lee H, Yoon EJ, Kim D, Jeong SH, Shin JH, Shin JH, Shin KS, Kim YA, Uh Y, Park C, Lee KJ Tags: Euro Surveill Source Type: research