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Croatia
APUA-Croatia was founded in September of 2002. Antibiotic resistance is an issue of great importance to the Croatian medical and scientific community. In 1996, the Committee for Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance at the Croatian Academy for Medical Sciences established a national antibiotic resistance surveillance network, which gathers information from 25 of the 31 existing microbiology labs in Croatia. APUA-Croatia was established under the Committee for Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance and includes all previous committee members. The chapter aims to support the existing surveillance network, which collects yearly data from the participating laboratories, including the provision of external quality control. In addition, the chapter plans to educate its members through regular courses and symposia and disseminate a yearly report on antibiotic resistance to optimize empiric antibiotic therapy.
Specific activities planned for the upcoming two years include:
- Collecting resistance data from 25 microbiology laboratories;
- Collecting regional data on antibiotic consumption;
- Conducting external quality control for the surveillance system;
- Organizing a yearly educational course;
- Organizing the IV Croatian Symposium on Antibiotic Resistance;
- Organizing regional meetings about antibiotic resistance and antibiotic prescribing policies.
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