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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Considering who should be involved in prescribing decisions for patients depends on the staff available. In an ideal world one might argue that an infection doctor should be involved in …
You might see slight variations in the definition of antimicrobial stewardship depending on whichever resource you refer to, but the principle should be the same: Antibiotic stewardship (AS) encompasses all …
In the video, you may have noted some of the following antibiotic stewardship issues: Likely sub-optimal prescribing of antibiotics in primary care “lots of different antibiotics from the GP” Lack …
In the introduction to the course, Professor Nathwani asked you to watch “Antimicrobial Stewardship: Managing Antibiotic Resistance Part 1” and consider a number of infection related questions in relation to …
Now watch this animation created by the Sinai Health System and University Health Network Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in Canada, which cleverly explains why Antimicrobial Stewardship is so important. We would …
In this video Professor Nathwani summarises the first week of the course. Once you have watched this video you may wish to read or refer to the attached review of …
The Infectious Diseases Society of America describes antimicrobial stewardship as: “Coordinated interventions designed to improve and measure the appropriate use of antimicrobials by promoting the selection of the optimal antimicrobial …
Dr David Jenkins describes the causal relationship between antibiotic prescribing and resistance. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to view the references that Dr Jenkins refers to. Reflecting …