Structured microbiology. Culture and susceptibility results are organised by organism, specimen, ward and resistance pattern.
The basics
What is AMR surveillance?
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) happens when bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites stop responding to the medicines used to treat them. Bacterial AMR was directly responsible for an estimated 1.27 million deaths in 2019.
AMR surveillance in a hospital means tracking which organisms are isolated, where, and how often they resist each antimicrobial. Done well, it guides empirical therapy, flags multidrug-resistant organisms early and gives national programmes data they can compare.
Source: GRAM Collaborators, The Lancet (2022).
What Ibhar does
From the culture plate to the committee room.
MIC-guided reports. Microbiologists issue clear reports with MIC guidance that prescribers can act on.
MDRO detection. Multidrug-resistant organisms are flagged as results arrive and escalated to the infection control team.
Resistance trends. Drill-down dashboards show how resistance moves by unit, organism and time.
Analytics and AI. AI-generated summaries and an antibiogram chatbot help teams find answers in their own data.
Comparable facility data. Facility-level data that national AMR programmes and funders can rely on.
Evidence
Proven in hospitals. Published in journals.
- 100hospitals in the VAMR national AMR study
- ~500Kpositive culture records analysed
- 30+rules that flag suspicious susceptibility results
- 800+hospitals with Ibhar implementation experience
A few of the 800+ hospitals where Ibhar has been implemented
- Peer-reviewed research naming Ibhar in the American Journal of Infection Control, the Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology and Medical Principles and Practice.
- The VAMR study of MDR, XDR and PDR organisms across 100 hospitals in India runs on Ibhar's clinical microbiology platform, with WHO as technical partner. About VAMR
- Recognised by the Health Innovation Exchange (HIEx) at the United Nations General Assembly.
Choosing a platform
What to look for in AMR surveillance software.
- Built on your lab data. Surveillance should come from the LIS and instruments, not manual tallies. VITEK, MALDI-TOF and BACT/ALERT are assessed for each Ibhar site.
- CLSI-aligned. Susceptibility interpretation and antibiograms should follow CLSI guidance. Ibhar's microbiology workflows do.
- Feeds stewardship and IPC. Resistance data is most useful when it reaches prescribers and the infection control team the same day.
- Comparable across sites. Consistent definitions let health systems and national programmes compare facilities fairly.
- Research-grade. Ibhar's platform powers VAMR, a national AMR study across 100 hospitals, with WHO as technical partner.
- Governed access. Role-based access, with every action logged and attributable.
Questions
Answered.
AMR surveillance tracks which organisms are isolated in a hospital or region and how often they resist each antimicrobial. Hospitals use it to guide empirical therapy, detect multidrug-resistant organisms and report to national AMR programmes.
AMR (antimicrobial resistance) is the problem: microbes no longer responding to treatment. AMS (antimicrobial stewardship) is one of the main responses: a programme that makes sure antimicrobials are used appropriately. Ibhar supports both on one platform.
From the hospital's LIS and HIS. Laboratory instruments such as VITEK, MALDI-TOF and BACT/ALERT are assessed for each site during implementation.
Yes. A rules engine evaluates cultures, vitals and symptoms to flag MDROs and outbreak patterns, with automatic escalation to the relevant team.
Ibhar produces comparable, facility-level data that national AMR programmes and funders can use. Deployment, data flows and integration scope are assessed individually for every setting.
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