Providing Impetus, Tools, and Guidance to Strengthen National Capacity for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Viet Nam: e1001429

Abbreviations: HAI, healthcare-associated infection; ICU, intensive care unit; PPS, point prevalence survey; STGs, standard treatment guidelines; VINARES, Viet Nam Resistance; WHO, World Health Organization Provenance: Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed. Traditional HAI risks are recorded, as well as those specific to the Vietnamese healthcare system, for example, the hands-on involvement of family in patient care, the large numbers of staff and students accessing the ICU, and the high prevalence of tetanus patients requiring extended periods of invasive mechanical ventilation. GARP, Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership; LiU, Linköping University; OUCRU, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit; UK NEQAS, United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Service.