Do not share your antibiotics with anyone Do not save antibiotics for the future and discard any leftovers 1 2 Highlights World AMR Awareness Week 2023 Read more Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence (CoE) Day Symposium Read more
Implementing antimicrobial stewardship programmes in veterinary practices Comprehensive antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASPs) have been widely implemented in medical practice over the past decade to improve antimicrobial prescribing and reduce the pressure on the development of antimicrobial resistance. ......
Thompson W, Shah S, Wordley V and Edwards D. Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on dental antibiotic prescribing across England: ‘it was a minefield'.Br Dent J2022;233:653-658. Thompson W. Spread awareness; stop resistance.Br Dent J2021;231:531. Author information Authors and Affiliati...
Diagnostic stewardship: establishing the role of the hospital nurse to inform local engagement strategies opens in new tab/window Prescribing patterns of antimicrobials according to the WHO AWaRe classification at a tertiary referral hospital in the southern highlands of Tanzania opens in new tab/window...
Appropriate use initiatives, including stewardship by health-care practitioners, aim to slow the rate of resistance development by restricting the use of new antibiotics and targeting their use to instances in which treatment options are limited. Although appropriate use of antibiotics is essential, the...
Prescribing trends before and after implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program. The Medical Journal of Australia. 2013;198(5):262-66.Cairns KA, Jenney AW, Abbott IJ, Skinner MJ, Doyle JS, Dooley M, et al. Prescribing trends before and after imple- mentation of an antimicrobial ...
Antimicrobial prescribing in French nursing homes and interventions for antimicrobial stewardship: a qualitative study Marie Hamard, Claire Durand, Laurène Deconinck, Claire Amaris Hobson, François-Xavier Lescure, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Nathan Peiffer-Smadja and Agathe Raynaud-Simon ...
The goal was to assess the impact of antibiotic prescribing guidelines on prescribers' knowledge of rational antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic treatment for common indications. The results will inform the design andimplementation o...
Antimicrobial stewardship in dentistry: an arts-based approach to intervention developmentBackground Excessive antibiotic prescribing is a global public health and patient safety problem. Around 10% of all antibiotic prescriptions worldwide are from primary dental care, with 80% estimated to be ...
Objectives To measure baseline proportion of surgical patients meeting the criteria for oral receiving oral metronidazole; introduce tests of change to promote use of oral metronidazole where appropriate; and measure changes in prescribing behaviour to determine if improvement has been achieved, with the ...