Presentation from the 3rd Joint Meeting of the Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (ARHAI) Networks, organised by the European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control - Stockholm, 11-13 February 2015

1. Status of EARS-Net
3rd Joint ARHAI Meeting, Stockholm, 11-13 February, 2015
Ole Heuer and Liselotte Diaz Högberg
Surveillance Section, Surveillance and Response Support Unit
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

2. 30 countries reporting to EARS-Net
Slovakia 2011
Croatia 2013

3. Status of EARS-Net 2015
 Framework contract for WHONET support to EARS-Net
participants running until 2018.
 Framework contract for EARS-Net EQA running until 2016.
 New structure for the interaction between Member States
and ECDC (Coordinating Competent Body).
 Database of Member States nominations at ECDC
where countries can updating their own nominations.
 New EARS-Net Coordination Committee elected by MS
José Campos, Tim Eckmanns, Vincent Jarlier, Alan Johnson, Jos Monen,
Annalisa Pantosti, Gunnar Skov Simonsen, Alkiviadis Vatopoulos, Dorota
Żabicka, Helena Žemličková.

4. Status of EARS-Net 2015
 The EARS-Net Annual Report 2013 was published
on 18th November 2014, (EAAD event) and the 2013
data was added to the EARS-Net interactive database.
 EARS-Net data was part of the EAAD press material,
commissioner briefing in Brussels, and of the material
was used in national EAAD campaigns 2014.
 EARS-Net data constituted an important part of the
WHO global report on surveillance of AMR 2014
published in April 2014
 EARS-Net data constituted an important part of the
JIACRA report (EMA/EFSA/ECDC) published in
January 2015

5. EARS-Net interactive database
http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/activities/surveillance/EARS-net/database/Pages/database.aspx
...or Google : EARS-Net

6. Interactive database user statistics 2014
EARS-Net maps of AMR

7. Interactive database user statistics 2014
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
EARS-Net ESAC-Net HAI-Net Influenza
Usage of the interactive database at ECDC’s public
website: Number of requests January-October 2014
Note: Number of requests for all diseases under ECDC surveillance made by
logged-in TESSy users in the same time period: 2,278

8. Interactive database user statistics 2014
ECCMID
ICAAC

9. Publications based on EARS-Net data
• Each country will be asked to assign two co-authors from
among those nominated for AMR by their country.
• Group of co-authors will be “indexed” and the publication
will appear when searching PubMed using a name of one
of the indexed authors.
Example:
Publication by Gagliotti et al in
Eurosurveillance 17 March, 2011

10. Publications based on EARS-Net data
Two peer review publications in preparation:
 Working title: Invasive Escherichia coli and Klebsiella
pneumoniae infections in Europe – demographic case
characteristics and antimicrobial resistance.
 Working title: Proportions of community associated and
healthcare-associated isolates in the EARS-Net data vary
depending of pathogen and antimicrobial combination –
analysis of EARS-Net data 2011-2012.

11. Status of EARS-Net 2015
Planned meetings/activities
 EARS-Net Coordination Committee Teleconference, March
2015.
 Joint Coordination Committee meeting, Stockholm, April
2015.
 EARS-Net Data managers meeting, November 2015.
 EARS-Net Coordination Committee Teleconference,
September 2015.

12. Vacancy at ECDC
Vacancy for a Senior Expert in AMR and HAI surveillance.
Deadline for applications: March 16th, 2015
http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/aboutus/jobs/Pages/JobOpportunities.aspx

13. Special thanks to:
John Stelling
for providing WHONET support to EARS-Net
EUCAST
for scientific advice and guidance
The EARS-Net Coordination Committee
for comments, review and scientific advice
Christine Walton, Nita Patel, Abi Laja, Derek Brown
for providing EARS-Net EQA

14. Thank you!
to
National EARS-Net participants and all staff involved in
data collection at Laboratories and Hospitals in the
countries
Thank you for your attention!
Foto: Frank Hansen, SSI, Denmark