Project: Bridging of Amicrobial resistance Surveillance systems In Community Settings across Europe

Acronym	BASICS (Reference Number: JPIAMR_NC_2022-020)
Project Topic	Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in Europe is based on invasive isolates reported for inpatients. The importance of AMR in primary care remains unclear in EU as it is scarcely documented. The aim of Network “BASICS” would be to map existing initiatives and identify needs for AMR Surveillance in Community Settings in Europe. Main aims of the network will be to: (i) Describe current national structure of clinical microbiology services for primary care, (ii) Identify existing networks on AMR surveillance in community care, (iii) Define a consensual list of indicators to be monitored, (iv) Assess the interoperability of AMR surveillance data produced across European countries, (v) Explore the strategies for the report on AMR indicators at the national and international scales. The BASICS-EU network activities will rely on structured questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, and the sharing of results and experiences through physical and online workshops involving partners from each participating countries. The ultimate expected output would be to promote the convergence of national data of AMR surveillance in the community toward an existing or a future European platform. The results from this work will be communicated in a final report transmitted to international and national agencies. It is expected that the results of this project will improve the knowledge of AMR epidemiology in community care, guide recommendations for an efficient antibiotic use, help to enhance control and prevention of AMR transmission, and ease benchmarking across European countries.
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Network	JPIAMR-ACTION
Call	3rd JPIAMR-ACTION Joint Call 2022

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
1	Nantes University Hospital	Coordinator	France
2	European University Cyprus	Observer	Cyprus
3	Hospital Beatriz Ângelo	Observer	Portugal
4	Instituto de Salud Carlos III	Observer	Spain
5	University of Crete	Observer	Greece
6	Universitätsklinikum Bonn	Observer	Germany
7	University of Verona	Observer	Italy
8	University of Bern	Observer	Switzerland
9	Instituto de Salud Carlos III	Observer	Spain
10	Instituto de Salud Carlos III	Observer	Spain
11	Nantes University Hospital	Observer	France
12	Nantes University Hospital	Observer	France
13	Ordensklinikum Linz GmbH Elisabethinen	Observer	Austria
14	Sante Publique France	Observer	France
15	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Observer	Greece
16	Imperial College London	Observer	United Kingdom
17	Imperial College London	Observer	United Kingdom
18	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	Observer	Ireland