AMASS.zip

AutoMated tool for Antimicrobial resistance Surveillance System (AMASS) was developed as an offline, open−access and easy−to−use application that allows a hospital to perform data analysis independently and generate isolate−based and sample−based surveillance reports stratified by infection origin from routinely collected electronic databases. The application was built in R, which is a free software environment. The application has been placed within a user−friendly interface that only requires the user to double−click on the application icon. <br>AMASS performs data analysis and generates reports automatically. The raw data files required are hospital admission and microbiology databases. Firstly, the application cleans the microbiology data file and produces isolate−based and sample−based surveillance reports without stratification by infection origin. Secondly, the application then merges the microbiology and hospital admission data files, analyzes the merged data, and produces an isolated−based and sample−based surveillance reports with stratification by infection origin. Finally, the application then perform a statistical analysis to estimate all−cause mortality of patients with AMR infection and mortality attributable to AMR, which are automatically added into the AMR surveillance report.<br>AMASS aims to support the hospitals even those hospitals having only microbiology results. recorded electronica formats. For example, only isolate−based surveillance report without stratification by infection origin will be generated, if only microbiology data file is available and hospital admission data file is not available in the computer.<br> This is the AMASS.zip containing the AMASS application. Further, details on how to use the application can be found in http://mice.tropmedres.ac/home.aspx.