Purpose of the project
- Understanding the resistance status and trends of major antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in Korea
Grounds for project
- Article 17 of the Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Act (Investigations into Actual Conditions)
- Enforcement Rules of the same Act, Article 15 (1) 3 (Composition of Epidemiological Investigation Teams)
Main Contents
Korea-Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (Kor-GLASS*)
* Korea-Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System
- A surveillance system focused on general hospitals that reflects international standards and standard testing methods based on the World Health Organization’s “Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System Guidelines,” which conducts surveys by collecting data on major pathogens to analyze antimicrobial resistance rates and identify resistance genes
Korean Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (KARMS*)
* Korean Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System
- A surveillance system for monitoring changes and trends in antimicrobial resistance rates in small and medium-sized hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics that have requested testing from domestic clinical testing institutions
Publication of the National Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Yearbook
- Annual publication that includes the results of the antimicrobial resistance surveillance system and the analysis of resistance in legally reported infectious diseases * (Check project yearbooks) Policy Information > Antimicrobial Resistance > Guidelines & Publications > Project Yearbooks