The most practical and immediate implementation of the project is the AEG: "Antimicrobial Empirical Guideline". This guideline is built based on EMF: "Electronic Microbiological Form", but it can also be used independently of the EMF.
The Web RESIST project is a response, with international support scientifically validated, against the global problem of antibiotic resistance, facilitating the analysis of local data, the prediction of resistance and compared to other places, to allow each center the efficient, rational and economic use of antibiotics. Its global dimension allows the integration of different initiatives and deepening knowledge of this worrying health phenomenon.
The WebResiST multidisciplinary project, led by a nonprofit scientific association and with the active participation of professionals in medicine, pharmacy, economics, econometrics and computing, enables hospitals or health centers located anywhere in the world, have of a valid tool to address, in a more efficient and profitable way, the problem of antimicrobial resistance to antibiotics. Automatic management of large data volumes, attached to the original use of econometric techniques, configure the required solution to deal with the worrying problem of resistance.
Who is on the WebResiST project? [ + ]
The project is led by the ViResiST association. This non-profit association is supported by a Scientific Council composed of highly relevant researchers worldwide in this field. The association coordinates the efforts of the participating centers, suggests common research lines and promotes the dissemination of results in the scientific community.
The Association, for project development issues, relies on RedResist SL company, which holds the necessary resources management, providing technical support and maintenance of computer systems, providing further econometric and logistical support for projected tasks. This company has the necessary human and material resources for the entrusted purposes.
To complete the project, hospitals or health centers, by means of an affordable fee, join to the system, building a network of information and exchange of data that can be addressed in a proactive manner the antimicrobial resistance issue.
Web ResisST Project objectives [ + ]
- Predict the expected resistance of a microorganism to an antibiotic specifically determined from the past behavior of the resistance phenomenon.
- Provide input for evaluation of intervention programs that seek to control the problem in each healthcare setting.
- Provide data for the study of the relationship between antibiotic use and resistance, using Time Series Analysis methods that allow:
- Quantify the impact of antibiotic use on resistance.
- Calculate the time that must pass for that impact occurring.
- Guiding the clinician at the time of empiric antimicrobial therapy while awaiting culture results. The system provides real-time response in an agile and user friendly way, so that the practitioner will just point out the infection that the patient has and the system immediately suggests the most appropriate antibiotic. This application is also offered in mobile devices: tablets and smartphones.
- Promote cost reduction by reducing hospitalization times and optimize the use of antibiotics.
- Support an international network of hospitals and health centers to pool their efforts for a more scientific approach to the problem of resistance. Networking makes possible to compare the information from each hospital to that in other hospitals.
- Ongoing maintenance and updating of information, ensuring the incorporation of new advances being achieved.
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