Title: WHO%20Global%20Salm-Surv:%20A%20Global%20Salmonella%20Surveillance%20Network
1WHO Global Salm-Surv A Global Salmonella
Surveillance Network
- World Health Organization, Geneva
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Atlanta - Danish Veterinary Laboratory, Copenhagen
2Overview
- Purpose of Global Salm-Surv
- Members
- Logic Model
- Programs
- Future Plans
3Global Salm-Surv
- A global network of people and institutions
involved in Salmonella surveillance, serotyping
and antimicrobial resistance testing
4Purpose of Global Salm-Surv
- To strengthen and enhance the capacities of
national and regional laboratories in Salmonella
surveillance and antimicrobial resistance in
humans, food and animals
5Global Salm-Surv Logic Model
2001 Objectives
Identified Needs
6Global Salm-Surv Membership
- General Member
- A person involved in Salmonella surveillance,
serotyping or antimicrobial susceptibility testing
7Global Salm-Surv Membership
- Member Institution
- An institution that provides national or
regional Salmonella summary data
Danish Veterinary Laboratory, Copenhagen
8Global Salm-Surv Membership
- 233 Members
- 62 Member Institutions
- 90 Countries
9Global Salm-Surv Members
- 88 isolate Salmonella
- 86 serotype Salmonella
- 79 perform antimicrobial susceptibility tests
10Global Salm-Surv Members
- 62 test human isolates
- 93 test non-human isolates
- 65 animal sources
- 67 environmental sources
- 89 foodborne sources
11Global Salm-Surv Programs
- Electronic Discussion Group
- Regional Training Courses
- External Quality Assurance System (EQAS)
- Web Site Country Databank
- Reference Services
12Electronic Discussion Group
- Weekly messages on current Salmonella topics,
including outbreaks, serotypes and antimicrobial
resistance - Moderated discussion group via e-mail
- All general members
- Messages archived on Web site
13Regional Training Courses
- Step 1 Basic Microbiology
- Step 2 Microbiology Basic Epidemiology
- Step 3 Advanced Epidemiology
Courses 2000 Thailand, Argentina, Greece 2001
Thailand, China, Mexico, Argentina Proposed
Greece, Poland, Russia
14External Quality Assurance System 2000
- 8 Salmonella enterica strains
- 1 Escherichia coli strain
- Serotyped and tested for antimicrobial
susceptibility - 44 laboratories
- 35 countries
- Free
15External Quality Assurance System 2000
- 76 Salmonella serotypes correct
- 92 antimicrobial susceptibility tests correct
- 28 E.coli tests incorrect
16External Quality Assurance System 2001
- 200 Global Salm-Surv laboratories
- Recruitment in Winter 2001
- Global Salm-Surv Certification
17Global Salm-Surv Web Site Country Databank
See Web Site at www.who.ch/salmsurv
18Global Salm-Surv Web Site
- Membership and EQAS Forms
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Related Links
- Country Databank
19Global Salm-Surv Country Databank
- Annual Salmonella summary data
- Top 15 Salmonella serotypes
- Data provided by Global Salm-Surv Member
Institutions - Interactive databases
20Global Salm-Surv Reference Testing
- Serotyping and phagetyping
- Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
- PFGE
- Genetic characterization of antibiotic resistance
genes - Other analyses
21Global Salm-Surv Future Plans
- Needs assessment of members
- Formative evaluation of program
- Extension of training courses to additional
regions - Strengthen partnerships between epidemiologists
and microbiologists in member countries
22For More Information
- For more information on Global Salm-Surv,
- please visit the Web site at www.who.ch/salmsurv
- Or contact globalsalm-surv_at_listserv.cdc.gov
- Fax 1.404.371.5444, attn Global Salm-Surv