Course: Antimicrobial Stewardship: Managing Antibiotic Resistance

In this step we introduce you to another quick win which you may find useful and there are more available in “downloads”. Introduction of alcohol based hand rub in a …

The trend was not falling as they had hoped. In this video Dr Chandy explains what they did next.

In this final video Dr Chandy explains how the data was calculated, how the data was displayed and what it showed. You may also like to consider the following questions: …

In order to contain and rationalise antibiotic use, antibiotic policy guidelines were introduced in the hospital at various times during the period 2002 to 2010. The time segments during which …

In this video Dr Sujith Chandy introduces you to his quick win from India which will outline the use of medicines in low and middle income countries (LMIC), such as …

Antibiotics in this hospital’s formulary were dispensed from various dispensing sections within the hospital after purchase with a prescription. The prescriptions came from various departments ranging from broad specialties to …

You can implement AS activities successfully in a variety of geographical and socio-economic settings including small community hospitals. One of the major challenges in this South African example of a …

To facilitate measurement and feedback a “low-hanging fruit” toolkit, consisting of an Excel-based standardised measurement template/tool, was developed and launched in July 2012 for the five interventions. Part of the …

Watch the video with Ms Angeliki Messina, the Quality Leadership Project Manager for this South African AS initiative, as she explains the value of her role in co-ordinating data collection, …

To ensure the intervention would be successful the following also occurred during implementation: Formalisation of measurable AS goals for the group, which consisted of a sustainable reduction in overall antibiotic …

Watch the second video with Dr Adrian Brink and Dr Dena van den Berg as she explains the five “low-hanging fruit” chosen for their intervention: Whether cultures were performed prior …

In Week 3 you were introduced to PDSA cycles, DDDs, outcome and process measures and in Week 5 Prof Peter Davey explained the Model for Improvement. This AS programme was …

In this video Dr. Adrian Brink introduces a strategy implemented in 47 hospitals in South Africa (a resource limited setting) to improve antibiotic prescribing using the AS techniques that have …

The data shown in the introductory video to this quick win indicated the overuse and inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics throughout South Africa. In this video Dr. Brink begins to explore …

Watch this video in which Dr Nick Barber interviews Dr Michael Borg and they discuss cultural barriers to change. Dr Nick Barber is Director of Research for The Health Foundation, …