The emergence of antibiotic resistance
So how old is resistance? In this video Dr David Jenkins explains. You can find links to the references that Dr Jenkins mentions at the bottom of this page in …
Course: Antimicrobial Stewardship: Managing Antibiotic Resistance
The global outlook
Take a moment to reflect and imagine what your practice would be like without antibiotics. Post your reflections in the comments and compare these with others. As additional information you …
Setting the scene: part 1
For your first activity you are asked to watch this video, which runs for 8 minutes and tells the story of two patients, Bill & Fred, and how they are …
Describing resistance
Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values describe the susceptibility of a specific bacterium to a specific antibiotic. If the concentration of antibiotic required to inhibit growth exceeds a certain level, the …
How we reached current resistance
In this video Dr Mike Cooper, consultant microbiologist and infection control doctor, explains how we have reached the current crisis of resistance.
Introduction to resistance
As we begin to explore and learn more about antimicrobial stewardship our initial focus in Week 1 is going to be on the topic of resistance. While the topic of …
Meet the educators
Each week of the course has been developed by specialists in their field. The overall lead for the course is Professor Dilip Nathwani, OBE who is an infectious diseases physician …
Glossary
We’ve prepared a Glossary for the course that contains a list of the key terms relating to antimicrobial stewardship used throughout the course. You can also download this as a …
Introduction
In this video Professor Dilip Nathwani welcomes you to the course. As a practicing infectious diseases physician, Professor Nathwani has a key interest in antimicrobial stewardship. He leads a national …
More quick wins to consider
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 second intervention
The trend was not falling as they had hoped. In this video Dr Chandy explains what they did next.
Data, analysis and results
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: …
A quick win from India
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 …
The problem
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 …
The intervention
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 …
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Antimicrobial Stewardship: Managing Antibiotic Resistance