Antimicrobial stewardship is now common parlance in the NHS and requires an organisational or healthcare system-wide approach to promoting and monitoring judicious use of antibiotics to preserve their future effectiveness. These approaches go beyond the individual treatment of patients with 鈥...
Antimicrobial stewardship: an evidence-based, antimicrobial self-assessment toolkit (ASAT) for acute hospitals. OBJECTIVES: To describe the methodology in developing an antimicrobial self-assessment toolkit (ASAT). METHODS: The ASAT was developed through a National P... J Cooke,K Alexander,E Charani...
Consequently, there is a need to synthesise and examine intervention characteristics using a methodology suited to identifying important features of effective interventions, and the barriers and facilitators to implementation. Three aims were addressed: to identify interventions with a technological component ...
2021, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology Compliance of healthcare workers in a psychiatric inpatient ward to infection control practices during the COVID-19 pandemic: a participant observation study supplemented with a self-reported survey 2024, BMC Infectious Diseases Predictors of nurs...
To do this it is necessary first to understand the factors that influence antibiotic management and prescribing.Esmita CharaniCentre for Infection Prevention and ManagementJonathan CookeUniversity Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation TrustJournal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy...
Antimicrobial Stewardship: Systems and Processes (NG 15) is an overarching guideline for the NHS aimed at commissioners and providers of health and care services, together with more specific guidance for prescribers. Prophylaxis against infective endocarditis (CG64) was reissued in 2015 following a ...
Patients reported that they were willing to drop-off self-samples and return for a follow-up appointment, enabling infection-specific treatment in accordance with test results, thus improving antimicrobial stewardship. Conclusions:The new service was acceptable to staff and patients. Implementation of ...
antimicrobial stewardship; antibiotics; resistant microorganisms; de-escalation; early suspension; pediatric intensive care; children 1. Introduction Undoubtedly, antibiotic resistance has become one of the greatest threats of our time. Not 100 years have passed since the discovery of antibiotics transformed...
(This article belongs to the Special IssueAntimicrobial Stewardship in Primary Care) Downloadkeyboard_arrow_down Browse Figures Versions Notes Abstract Background: Infections are one of the most common reasons for patients attending primary care. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is perhaps one of the bigg...
What Antimicrobial Stewardship Strategies do NHS Commissioning Organisations Implement in Primary Care in England? 2020; unpublished. [Google Scholar] Owens, R.; Jones, L.F.; Moore, M.; Pilat, D.; McNulty, C. Self-Assessment of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Primary Care: Self-Reported Practice ...