2021

First network meeting with the aim of facilitating exchange of information and good practice between the participating national reference laboratories. Planned activities of the project was presented and discussed.

The 2-day meeting was due to covid-19 an online meeting, where two representatives from each country as well as representatives from relevant EURLs in the food safety area were invited.

Programme:

• First network meeting of the FWD AMR RefLabCap network (pdf)

Presentations Day 1:

• Introduction (pdf)
• EC_HaDEA expectations (pdf)
• SurveyAMR (pdf)
• Workplan (pdf)
• AST EQAs Salmonella and Campylobacter (pdf)
• EURL Campylobacter Harmonisation of method (pdf)
• Belgian reference center Setting up network of local Labs (pdf)
• Capacity building (available upon request)

Presentations Day 2:

• WGS activities (pdf)
• Survey results related to WGS (pdf)
• ECDC strategy on WGS-based surveillance (pdf)
• How Ireland NRL has implemented WGS-based AMR surveillance (available upon request)
• EURL-AR protocol harmonisation of WGS AMR data (pdf)
• EQAs on WGS-based cluster analysis for NPHRLs (pdf)
• Review on WGS-based methods for AMR prediction (pdf)
• Overview of upcoming activities (available upon request)

A general introduction to the project and introduction to a capacity survey to be conducted in September 2021 among all participating laboratories.

Online meeting for representatives from all laboratories in the FWD AMR-RefLabCap network. Invitations were sent to the listed contact emails on 25 August 2021.

Food- and Waterborne Diseases Antimicrobial Resistance – Reference Laboratory Capacity (pdf)