AntiMicroResist
The AntiMicroResist project, funded under the European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research (EMPIR), applied innovative metrological concepts for developing quantitative higher order methodologies and materials to support the development and application of diagnostic testing for the detection and management of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
About the project
In 2014 a World Health Organisation (WHO) report stated that AMR is so serious, that it threatens the achievements of modern medicine, and while new therapies to treat resistant pathogens are needed, the diagnostic tools required to guide their application are equally lacking. The project developed the materials and methods to standardise screening of resistance, a reference measurement procedure to support quantitative monitoring and guidelines and tools to assist detection of unknown AMR.
Link to publishable summary Link to publishable reportThe consortium
The consortium consists of:
- six National Measurements Institutes/Designated Institute (LGC, LNE, NIB, NPL, PTB, TUBITAK)
- one university (UCL)
- three hospitals (GOSH, UCG, UWH)
- one stakeholder charity (BSAC).
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or EURAMET. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
This project has received funding from the EMPIR programme co-financed by the Participating States and from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
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