What are the tasks of the NARA?
The Swiss National Reference Center for Emerging Antibiotic Resistance (NARA) collects multidrug-resistant Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria recovered across all Switzerland. Its main tasks are to identify corresponding resistance mechanisms, either already known or newly emerging, and to alert the stakeholders about any clinically significant threat. Furthermore, NARA aims to support clinical labs in their surveillance task by developing diagnostic tests and support epidemiological investigations at the country level.