4.3 Epidemiology and laboratory expertise

Epidemiological and laboratory expertise of surveillance site personnel is key to ensuring that good quality data is submitted to the national AMR surveillance system and then onwards to WHO GLASS. WHO advocates that surveillance sites have adequate access to epidemiological expertise, by way of trained personnel competent in collecting, analysing and reporting AMR data, and laboratory expertise, which can utilise on-site laboratory infrastructure to test specimens and report them in accordance with GLASS guidelines (WHO, 2016).