WHONET Overview, Quality Data Generation, Download, Installation, Configuration, Data Entry, BacLink and Data Analysis


By successfully completing the sessions you can:


  • Learn WHONET's background, operation, and most recent updates.
  • Explore how WHONET helps generate high-quality data and lesson learned from CAPTURA quality data generation
  • Download, install and configure WHONET for your microbiology laboratory
  • Use WHONET as a data entry platform if you don't have any Laboratory or Hospital Information System
  • Convert your LIS/HIS data using BacLink and analyze using WHONET
  • Access CAPTURA Epidemiology and Quality Control Reports
  • Submit national or local data to DHIS2 software
  • Compile the MDR, XDR, and PDR findings.
  • Isolate alert
  • Advance data analysis
  • Submission of GLASS report
  • QAAPT and WHONET interoperability

Session Outine


Day 1: 23 October, 2023
# Contents Speaker Duration - 235 mins/ 4 hours
1 Session introduction and TrainingLand Registration Julhas Sujan 10 mins
2 Introduction to WHONET
  • About
  • Vision
  • Objectives
  • Grant
Julhas Sujan/ Dr. John Stelling, Co-Founder, WHONET 30 mins
3 WHONET New Features:
  • Data entry screen
  • Language
  • CLSI with breakpoints
  • EUCAST with breakpoints
Julhas Sujan 25 mins
4 WHONET Installation: Laboratory configuration:
  • Create a new Laboratory
  • Antibiotics
  • Locations
  • Data fields
  • Alerts
Julhas Sujan 60 mins
Q/A & Lunch Break
4 Laboratory configuration (Continue):
  • Modify laboratory
  • Create a laboratory from a data file
Julhas Sujan 30 mins
5 Data entry:
  • Creating new file
  • Data entry
  • Saving (Same specimen, Same patient)
  • Viewing data
  • Clinical reports
  • Exporting and
  • Encryption
Julhas Sujan 80 mins
Q/A
Day 2: 24 October, 2023
# Contents Speaker Duration - 335 mins/ 5.5 hours
1 Recap Day 1: Laboratory configuration and data entry Julhas Sujan 40 mins
2 Quality data generation and lesson learned from CAPTURA 7 South and Southeast Asian countries Dr. Nimesh Poudyal, Head of the AMR Department, IVI 15 mins
Q/A & Break
3 Data Entry - Your laboratory data:
  • Bring your lab register or excel sheet
  • Enter the real data
Julhas Sujan 30 mins
4 Data Cleaning Julhas Sujan 30 mins
5 Data analysis - Quick analysis:
  • WHONET Standard Report
  • Patient and sample statistics
  • Organism and antibiotic statistics
  • Isolate alerts
  • Epidemiology Report (CAPTURA)
  • Test practice and quality report
Julhas Sujan 80 mins
Q/A & Lunch Break
6 Data analysis - Custom reporting by Organism and Isolates:
  • Isolate listing and summary
  • %RIS and test measurements
  • Resistance profile
  • Microbiological alerts
  • Saving Results
  • GLASS Reporting
Julhas Sujan 80 mins
7 Antibiogram development:
  • Major components of an antibiogram
  • Export WHONET data
Julhas Sujan 30 mins
8 BacLink overview:
  • Introduction
  • Importance
  • Dataset preparation
Julhas Sujan 30 mins
Q/A
# Contents Speaker Duration - 270 mins/ 4.5 hours
Day 3: 25 October, 2023
1 Recap Day 2 Julhas Sujan 15 mins
2 BacLink conversion (Configuration, Data conversion, and Code mapping)
  • Sample dataset download
  • Dataset preparation
  • Open BacLink software
  • New file format configuration
  • Antibiotics mapping
  • Data fields mapping
  • Location mapping
  • Saving configuration
  • Running conversion
  • Inspecting conversion
  • Update unrecognized codes
  • Editing configuration
  • And open with WHONET file to analyze data
Julhas Sujan 80 mins
3 Overview on QAAPT :
  • QAAPT-Quick Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns and Trends
  • SQLite download and export excel file
  • QAAPT registration
  • Import WHONET data
  • Dashboard and Antibiogram development
Julhas Sujan 20 mins
4 Overview on DHIS2 and WHONET interoperability Julhas Sujan 10 mins
Q/A & Break
5 Problems and trouble shooting All participants 80 mins
6 Assignment: Antibiogram Development All participants 30 mins
Q/A & Lunch Break
7 Assignment: Antibiogram Development (Continue) All participants 30 mins
8 Training evaluation (From the below materials tab) All participants 5 mins


Session Materials



If you found any queries, please contact Julhas Sujan at julhas.sujan@ivi.int.