Thy Huyn1
1Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Biography:
Thy Huynh is an Acting Assistant Director within the Antimicrobial Resistance Policy and Surveillance Section for the Interim Australian Centre for Disease Control. Thy holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Adelaide and has previous experience in the public health unit at SA Health. Thy has been leading the work on including Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales on the National Notifiable Disease List, and assisted the Notifiable Status Assessment panel in the recommendation process.
Abstract:
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) are a critical antimicrobial resistance threat, causing infections with high morbidity and mortality. Rising CPE cases and limitations in current surveillance prompted the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) to recommend adding CPE to the National Notifiable Disease List (NNDL) – a first for an AMR organism. This presentation outlines the rationale, expert assessment and consultative process behind the proposal, as well as planned implementation activities should the recommendation be accepted. National notification would enable comprehensive data collection, improve outbreak detection, and support coordinated responses to emerging AMR threats.