ABU
Antibiotic Use
AMC
Antimicrobial Consumption
AMP
Naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides form an integral part of organism’s host defence system
AMR
Antimicrobial Resistance
AMS
Antimicrobial Stewardship
AMU
Antimicrobial Use
AMRHAI
Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections.
APAM
Antibiotic Prescribing Appropriateness Measures
ARC
Antibiotic Resistance Coalition
ARHAI
Antimicrobial Resistance and Health care Associated Infections
ARNA
EU-funded Antimicrobial Resistance and causes of Non-prudent use of Antibiotics
AST
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing
ATLASS
Assessment Tool for Laboratory and AMR Surveillance Systems (ATLASS).
BBSRC
Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council
BSAC
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
BSI
Bloodstream infection
CAESAR
Central Asian and Eastern European Surveillance of AMR
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (United States)
CEPI
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
CHAFEA
Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency
CIDRAP
Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy
CLSI
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
CODEX
Codex Alimentarius Commission
CRE
Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
DDD
Defined Daily Doses FAO Food and Agricultural Organization
EAAD
European Antibiotic Action Day -18 November
EAR-NET
European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network
EARSS
European Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance System
E-BUG A PHE
Project aiming to educate children and young people across the global
EC
European Commission
ECDC
European Centre for Disease and Control
EEA
European Economic Area
EMA
European Medicines Agency
EMBL
EBI European Bioinformatics Institute
EFSA
European Food Safety Authority
EQA
External quality assessment
ESAC-NET
European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption Network
ESAR
European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance
ESBL
Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase
ESPAUR
English Surveillance Program of Antimicrobial Sources and Resilience
ESVAC
European Surveillance of Veterinary Antimicrobial Consumption
EUCAST
European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
EU-JAMRAI
Joint Action on Antibiotic Resistance and HAI.
Euro-GASP
European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme
EUSCAPE
European Survey on Carbapenemase Producing Enterobacteriaceae-Working Group.
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organisation
FDA
US Federal Drug Authority
GAP
Global Action Plan (on antimicrobial resistance)
GAFFI
Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections
GAMRIF
Global AMR Innovation Fund
GARP
Global Antimicrobial Resistance Partnership
GAVI
Global Alliance on Vaccines and Immunisation
GCRF
Global Challenges Research Council
GLASS
Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System (GLASS) launched by WHO in 2015.
GOARN
Global Outbreak Alet and Response Network (WHO)
GPEI
Global Polio Eradication Initiative
GPHIN
Global Public Health Information Net
HAI
Hospital Acquired Infection. Medical term for a hospital-acquired infection is nosocomial.
HAI-NET
Healthcare-Associated Infections Surveillance Network (HAI-Net) -coordinates the European point prevalence
HMP
Human Microbiome Project
HPA
Health Protection Agency (UK)
HPRU
Health Protection Research Unit -Imperial
IACG
Inter-Agency Coordination Group on Antibiotic Resistance
ICAN
Infection Control African Network
ICU
Intensive Care Unit M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
IDDO
Infectious Diseases Data Observatory
IDRC
Canada’s International Development Research Centre
IFIC
International Federation of Infection Control
IMI
Innovative Medicines Initiative
IPC
Infection, prevention and control
KAW
The Keep Antibiotics Working Coalition
KPC
Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase
KTN
Knowledge Transfer Network
MRSA
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MSSA
Methicillin
MMV
Medicines for Malaria VenturesX
MRC
Medical Research Council
NAP
National Action Plan
ND4BB
New Drugs for Bad Bugs programme -IMI
NERC
National Environment Research Council
NESTA
The Innovation Foundation
NHGRI
National Human Genome Research Institute
NHSE
NHS England - an independent body at arms length to the Government, established as the NHS Commissioning Board in 2012.
NIHR
National Institution for Health Research
NIVEL
Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 36 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.
OHN
One Health Network
OH-SMART
One Health Systems Mapping and Analysis Resource Toolkit (OH-SMART) training.
OIE
World Organization for Animal Health
OTC
Over the Counter
PAHO
Pan American Health Organization
PPS
Point Prevalence Survey
RPS
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
RVD
Rational Vaccine Design
SBRI
Small Business Research Initiative
SDG
Sustainable Development Goal (UN)
SEDRIC
The Surveillance and Epidemiology of Drug-resistant Infections Consortium
SGC
Structural Genomics Consortium
SGTF
Skoll Global Threats Fund
SIN
Science and Innovation Network
SSISS
Surgical site infection surveillance service
STAG
Steering and Technical Advisory Group
STI-NET
AMR in Sexually Transmitted Diseases Network
SURF
Service User Research Forum
TATFAR
Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance
TESSy
The European Surveillance System (ECDC)
UK NEQAS
United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Service for Microbiology
UK-PHRST
Public Health Rapid Support Team
UKRI
UK Research & Innovation
UN
United Nations
UNGA
United Nations General Assembly
USDA
The United States Department of Agriculture
UTI
Urinary Tract Infection
VRE
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus, or vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), are bacterial strains of the genus Enterococcus that are resistant to the antibiotic vancomycin.
WAAW
World Antibiotic Awareness Week
WASH
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
WHA
World Health Assembly
WHO
World Health Organization
A One Health approach is needed to fight antibiotic resistance – everyone has a role to play to improve antibiotic prescribing and use. Join the global fightback against AMR