A Narrative Review of the Laboratory Information System and Its Role in Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance in South Africa  

作　　者：Peter S. Nyasulu Christine Paszko Nontombi Mbelle 

机构地区：[1]Accelerated Technology Laboratories, Inc., West End, NC, USA [2]Department of Medical Microbiology, University of the Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa [3]Department of Public Health, School of Health Sciences, Monash University, Johannesburg, South Africa

出　　处：《Advances in Microbiology》2014年第10期692-696,共5页微生物学（英文）

摘　　要：A laboratory information system (LIS) established in a microbiology department has the potential to play an important role in the quality of microbiology data such as culture of blood, urine, stool, pus swab samples etc. Such data could be effectively utilised to measure the burden of antimicrobial resistance among patients presented to various hospitals and clinics with an episode of an infectious illness of bacterial origin. A variety of clinical and epidemiological investigations are conducted using culture data and the presence of an electronic system such as LIS enhances such investigations and improves the reliability of measures of antimicrobial resistance owing to improved data quality as well as completeness of data gathered as opposed to paper based system. Therefore to improve surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in South Africa, there is a need to reinforce the functionality of the LIS in both public and private microbiology laboratories as this will help to improve internal quality control methodologies.A laboratory information system (LIS) established in a microbiology department has the potential to play an important role in the quality of microbiology data such as culture of blood, urine, stool, pus swab samples etc. Such data could be effectively utilised to measure the burden of antimicrobial resistance among patients presented to various hospitals and clinics with an episode of an infectious illness of bacterial origin. A variety of clinical and epidemiological investigations are conducted using culture data and the presence of an electronic system such as LIS enhances such investigations and improves the reliability of measures of antimicrobial resistance owing to improved data quality as well as completeness of data gathered as opposed to paper based system. Therefore to improve surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in South Africa, there is a need to reinforce the functionality of the LIS in both public and private microbiology laboratories as this will help to improve internal quality control methodologies.

关 键 词：LABORATORY Information Systems ANTIMICROBIAL Resistance BACTERIAL PATHOGENS Surveillance South AFRICA 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]