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<p>Hospital microbiology laboratories routinely record the results of testing bacteria
isolated from blood for susceptibility or resistance to antibiotics. Since 1989, Public
Health England (and its predecessors, the Public Health Laboratory Service and the
Health Protection Agency) have requested that laboratories submit their stored data
on resistance in bacteria isolated from blood to a national database called Second
Generation Surveillance System (SGSS). Currently, 98% of hospital laboratories submit
their antimicrobial resistance data.</p>
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