AMASS

AMASS generates standardized antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance reports by analyzing microbiology and hospital data to support AMR monitoring.

Key Features:

• Automated Report Generation: Automates analysis of microbiology and hospital data files to produce standardized AMR surveillance reports.
• Data Compatibility: Processes CSV and Excel files, including exports from WHONET and other laboratory information systems.
• Implementation: Implemented using the R programming language.
• WHO GLASS Compliance: Aligns data analysis procedures and report content with World Health Organization Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (WHO GLASS) recommendations.
• Privacy: Generates reports containing only summary data and excludes patient identifiers.
• Testing and Validation: Tested on Microsoft Windows 10 and 7 and independently evaluated in hospitals in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam using open-access example datasets.

Scientific Applications:

• Local AMR Surveillance: Enables clinical microbiology laboratories to conduct routine antimicrobial resistance surveillance at hospital and local levels.
• Informing Clinical Practice: Provides aggregate antimicrobial susceptibility data to support empirical treatment guideline development and stewardship decisions.
• Public Health Reporting: Produces standardized summary reports suitable for contribution to national and international AMR surveillance efforts.

Methodology:

Performs automated analysis of routinely collected microbiological and hospital data using a standardized framework implemented in R, accepts CSV/Excel inputs (including WHONET exports), and generates WHO GLASS–aligned summary reports that exclude patient identifiers.