15th Meeting of the National Microbiology Focal Points

Event

13 October 2016 - 14 October 2016
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Organised by: ECDC

The ECDC National Microbiology Focal Points and National Surveillance Focal Points from EU/EEA countries convened to discuss the integration of genomic epidemiology into EU level surveillance.

The meeting focused on:

Updates from the ECDC Public Health Microbiology Programme and the Commission
Preliminary results from EULabCap 2015
Lessons learned from ECDC’s EQA review 2010-15
Challenges and solutions regarding the integration of genomic epidemiology integration into EU level surveillance
Feedback on laboratory capacity strengthening – addressing laboratory capacity needs