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Specialist Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance (SACAR)
This committee has been officially stood down and has been replaced by ARHAI (an Advisory Non Departmental Public Body (ANDPB) on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections).
SACAR was an independent advisory committee, set up to provide expert scientific advice on resistance issues arising from medical, veterinary and agricultural use of antimicrobials.
SACAR was established in 2001 following recommendations in the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology's original report "Resistance to Antibiotics and other Antimicrobial Agents".
The Committee, chaired by Professor Richard Wise, advised the Government on its strategy to minimise illness and death due to antimicrobial resistant infection and to maintain the effectiveness of antimicrobial agents in their medical, veterinary and agricultural use.
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