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Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
OIE international Standards to control antimicrobial resistance
The OIE promotes the responsible and prudent use of antimicrobial agents in terrestrial and aquatic animals, so as to preserve their therapeutic efficacy and prolong their use in both animals and humans.
It has developed a wide range of international standards and guidelines in this field. These provide a framework for responsible and prudent use of antimicrobial products in animals and for the surveillance and monitoring of the quantities used:
TERRESTRIAL | AQUATIC | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Chapter 6.7. | Introduction to the recommendations for controlling antimicrobial resistance |
Harmonisation of national antimicrobial resistance surveillance and monitoring programmes | Principles for responsible and prudent use of antimicrobial agents in aquatic animals |
Monitoring of the quantities and usage patterns of antimicrobials agents used in food producing animals | Monitoring of the quantities and usage patterns of antimicrobial agents used in aquatic animals |
Responsible and prudent use of antimicrobial agents in veterinary medicine | Development and harmonisation of national antimicrobial resistance surveillance and monitoring programmes for aquatic animals |
Risk analysis for antimicrobial resistance arising from the use of antimicrobials in animals | Risk analysis for antimicrobial resistance arising from the use of antimicrobial agents in aquatic animals |
Furthermore, the OIE developed a list of antimicrobial agents of veterinary importance, in parallel with the existing WHO list for human medicine.
OIE LIST OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS OF VETERINARY IMPORTANCE
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The OIE has also developed standards and guidelines to provide methodologies to appropriately address the risk of the emergence or spread of resistant bacteria that result from the use of antimicrobial agents in food-producing animals:
MANUAL OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND VACCINES FOR TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS
Chapter 2.1.1.
Laboratory methodologies for bacterial antimicrobial susceptibility testing
These Standards have been adopted by OIE’s 182 Member Countries and are regularly reviewed and updated, in line with the latest scientific findings.
All OIE Standards and Guidelines on the topic are also gathered in the following book:
