caesar: the example of turkey. serap suzuk (turkey)
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CAESAR: the example of Turkey
Serap Süzük Clinical Microbiologist
On behalf of Public Health Institution of Turkey
3rd Joint Meeting of the Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (ARHAI) Networks
Courtyard Stockholm Kungsholmen, Stockholm, 11-13 February 2015
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National AMR Team
• Hüsniye Şimşek, National AMR Focal Point – Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiologist
• Serap Süzük – Clinical Microbiologist
• Dilber Aktaş – Epidemiologist
• Murad Bayram – IT Specialist
• Şeref Işık – Technical Staff
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Demographic Information
• Turkey – 81 cities – 75 million population – 1500 hospitals
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National AMR Surveillance System
National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance
National Surveillance of Antibiotic Consumption
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Methodology
National AMR Surveillance System
CAESAR (Central Asian and Eastern European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance)
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CAESAR (Central Asian and Eastern European
Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance) Network
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CAESAR
• Aim: – to strengthen national surveillance of AMR in the non-
EU countries of Europe • by providing technical support in the field of laboratory
methods, • surveillance methodology
• Collaboration: – RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands)
– ESCMID (European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease)
– WHO Europe (World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe)
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CAESAR • Albania • Armenia • Azerbaijan • Belarus • Bosnia Herzegovina • Georgia • Israel • Kosovo* • Kyrgyzstan • FYR Macedonia • Moldova • Montenegro • Russia • Serbia • Switzerland • Tajikistan • Turkey • Turkmenistan • Ukraine • Uzbekistan in accordance with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999)
Figure is taken from presentation of Zsuzsanna Jakab, The Global Action Plan to combat AMR, Challenges of AMR on a global and regional level
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Methodology
Clinical samples • Blood • CSF
Pathogens • Escherichia coli • Klebsiella pneumoniae • Pseudomonas aeruginosa • Streptococcus pneumoniae • Staphylococcus aureus • Enterococcus faecium/faecalis • Acinetobacter spp. (Added in 2014)
Antibiotics
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Turkey’ Cities in CAESAR
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* 2013-2014 Participating Cities
* 2015 Participating Cities
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Participating Laboratories
Years The
Number of Cities
Participating Laboratories
State Hospital
University Hospital
Private Hospital
2013-2014 45 77 42 35 0
New in 2015 14 28 15 10 3
Total 59 105 57 45 3
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Legislation
• Scientific committee working procedures and principles
• Inclusion criteria for the surveillance network • The duties and responsibilities of National AMR
Laboratory • Selection criteria for surveillance system • Surveillance objectives and content • Data collection criteria
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Scientific commission
• Select participating laboratory • Prepare Standard Operating Procedure • Prepare annual report • Choose isolates for National External Quality
Assessment • Training of participating laboratory (the
courses…)
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Selecting participating laboratory
First stage: evaluating laboratory capacity Tool: Questionnaire • Test capacity • Staff capacity • Equipment capacity
Second stage: evaluating laboratory performance Tool: EQA • Identification methods • AST methods
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National EQA System • Since 2011 • On-line system • One cycle per year (4 isolates) • Each isolate is scored: 100 point
– Identification:30 points – AST: 70 points
• Max 400 points, min 280 points • Report
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NEQAS-CAESAR • In 2013
– 73 participating laboratories
• In 2014 – 77 participating laboratories
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Data
• Collecting data (Excel) – Electronic system
• Pre-assessment • Backlink-WHONET • Data analysis • Draft report • Annual report (on-line)
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Training / Meeting • Laboratory network meeting twice a year - introduction of the participating laboratories - annual report (analysis, comments…)
• Implementation of EUCAST standards in 2015
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www.uamdss.thsk.gov.tr
• Announcement • SOP • EUCAST in Turkish • EQA Results • Annual report • Training documentation
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Summary
• Surveillance system is important • WHY ?
– shows the current status – allows the determination of target – determine the roadmap – allows comparisons
• National and international