The HKSAR Government attaches great importance to the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). A High Level Steering Committee (HLSC) chaired by the Secretary for Food and Health has been established to formulate strategies and implement actions to combat AMR in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Strategy and Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (2017- 2022) (Action Plan) was issued in July 2017.
The Action Plan sets out monitoring of situation of AMR as one of the strategic actions. Activity 1.2.1 of the Action Plan suggested to harmonise AMR surveillance reporting criteria with reference to the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS), developed by the World Health Organization (WHO). As such, microbiological data with antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) results of patients from public hospitals and clinic of the Hospital Authority (HA) were collected and studied. This is the fourth report, which for the first time including not only the surveillance findings of blood specimens, but also the findings of urine and stool specimens from year 2016 to 2020.
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