The “Protocol for an Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Surveillance System in Lao PDR” is a
companion document for the “Strategy for an Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Surveillance System
in Lao PDR” that includes the technical procedures that will be used at the AMR surveillance
sites. This protocol describes the clinical definitions to be included in the surveillance system,
the prioritized organisms and antimicrobials for surveillance, sample collection and transport
methods and the recommended techniques for culture of specimens, bacterial isolation and
identification and bacterial susceptibility testing.
