Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten)
- Country: Sweden
- Type: Government agency
- Website: folkhalsomyndigheten.se
Sweden’s national public health agency. Manages the Swedres component of Swedres-Svarm, collecting clinical microbiology laboratory data on AMR.
Role in AMR Surveillance
- Collects clinical microbiology laboratory data for Swedres
- Manages SmiNet (notifiable disease reporting) and Svebar (AMR data reporting)
- Automatic reporting of susceptibility test results from clinical laboratories
- Covers invasive and non-invasive isolates from primary and specialist care
- Routine surveillance for ESBL-producing E. coli