Course: Antimicrobial Stewardship: Managing Antibiotic Resistance

Dr Jacqueline Sneddon and Mr William Malcolm will be hosting a twitter chat on 16th October at 16:00 BST. The chat is open to anyone and you can join in …

Measurement has been used for centuries in research but more recently has become a cornerstone of benchmarking and scrutiny within healthcare. It is also utilised through various methodologies to improve …

Dr Gavin Barlow and Mr Mark Gilchrist answer your questions about antimicrobial stewardship in a Google Hangout that was broadcast on Friday 9 October. This video is also available on …

In this video, Mr William Malcolm explains the importance of measurement in antimicrobial stewardship, and how it is fundamental to Quality Improvement Science.

The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare recommends five essential and four additional activities for antimicrobial stewardship in Australian hospitals as detailed below: Five Essential Activities for all …

All quality improvement initiatives can have unintended negative consequences and it is important to think about and try and predict such problems before implementation. For example, the introduction of a …

A restrictive strategy uses interventions that either prevent or provide a ‘barrier’ to prescribing or administering an antibiotic. Restrictive interventions are more effective than educational interventions in the short-term, but …

It is important to remember that different individuals, at different stages of their careers, are likely to have different learning preferences and educational requirements. Depending on the resources available to …

There are many potential strategies, interventions and/or tools that can be used to drive stewardship improvement, but they need to be tailored to your local context and antibiotic stewardship issues. …

We will now begin to consider who needs to be involved if antimicrobial stewardship is to be embedded in clinical and organisational practice and become a routine and multidisciplinary activity. …

There are a number of overarching antibiotic stewardship strategies that can be adopted by antibiotic stewardship teams and through which you can drive improvement. Watch the MDT meeting and this …

Having healthcare professionals with a diversity of experience and skills, not necessarily all infection specialists, on the antimicrobial management team to work on stewardship activities is important. If you had …

Watch this video to hear how Dr Adrian Brink from South Africa and Dr Sujith Chandy from India have set up successful stewardship programmes. You may find some of the …

Watch and listen to the video where three key members of a hospital-wide antibiotic stewardship team describe their role. You will hear from Jo McEwan, an antimicrobial specialist nurse, Dr …

We have considered where to start with antimicrobial stewardship and we will now begin to consider the role of the antimicrobial stewardship/management team. Watch this clip of the multi disciplinary …