3 Who is ‘the AMR surveillance professional’?
The responsibility for AMR surveillance is distributed across various professional roles – for example:
- clinicians, nurses and veterinarians collect samples and document the clinical information
- laboratory staff perform tests
- data scientists and epidemiologists analyse, interpret and report data
- senior managers and policy-makers use the data to develop policy and practice
- clinicians, veterinarians and pharmacists use the data to treat patients.
However, even if you do not have a specific, identifiable role in a surveillance programme, everyone involved in animal and human healthcare has a role to play in reducing AMR.
Activity 1: You as an AMR surveillance professional
Part 1
First you should fill in this questionnaire about your role as an AMR surveillance professional.
2 Introducing AMR surveillance