Course: Antimicrobial Stewardship: Managing Antibiotic Resistance

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 …

So far we have considered why measurement of antibiotic use is a cornerstone of any antimicrobial stewardship programme and in particular why measuring antibiotic use can help to improve the …

Until now, when thinking or talking about stewardship, we often use terms such as “restricted”, “restrictive” or “restriction” as discussed in Step 2.17 and Step 2.18. At the UK’s Federation …

In Step 2.3 and Step 2.4 some antibiotic stewardship issues from the scenario video were identified and discussed. In this article we have revisited some of these issues and linked …

In this video, taken from a longer discussion, Dr Gavin Barlow and Mr Mark Gilchrist explain where they both started with antimicrobial stewardship in their hospitals. The full video is …