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"End-of-life antimicrobial use is common in both acute care contexts and outpatient settings, with an estimated 18–52% of patients in hospice and palliative care settings receiving antimicrobials"
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1473309924008326#:~:text=End%2Dof%2Dlife%20antimicrobial%20use%20is%20common%20in%20both%20acute%20care%20contexts%20and%20outpatient%20settings%2C%20with%20an%20estimated%2018%E2%80%9352%25%20of%20patients%20in%20hospice%20and%20palliative%20care%20settings%20receiving%20antimicrobials

Mudenda et al. found high antibiotic prescribing (72.3%) at a Zambian hospital, with most drugs (77.1%) from the WHO Access list, and recommend the implementation of #AntimicrobialStewardship programmes:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlae023
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Pharmacy technicians can be upskilled in the management of acne and associated #AntimicrobialStewardship by using the TARGET toolkit:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlae011
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The Healthcare Service by Healthcare Students is helping to improve students’ knowledge of how to use antibiotics correctly, but expert supervision remains necessary:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad147
#JACAMRNews #IDMastodon #AntimicrobialStewardship

I know mastodon isn't really the self promoting place that the birdsite was......but I am very proud of this achievement! Last week our university (#vetmeduni #vienna) held an international conference on #veterinary #antibiotic use and #AntimicrobialStewardship for almost 100 researchers from all over Europe, USA, Canada, Argentina etc. and I virtually organised it singlehandedly! I had never organised anything like it before, but I did it, everybody loved it and told me how great it was

Tang et al. show that readability of antibiotic patient information leaflets in cystic fibrosis is poor.
Improving readability may lead to improved health literacy and increased antibiotic adherence, contributing to #AntimicrobialStewardship and #AMR avoidance:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad129
#JACAMRNews #IDMastodon #OpenAccess

Antifungals are going the way of antibiotics—overused, hitting resistance - Enlarge / Ringworm. (credit: CDC/Getty Images)

Clinicians in t... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1996151 #antimicrobialstewardship #fungalinfections #drugresitance #antifungal #ringworm #science #health #cdc

I'm organising an international conference (#AACTING) on #monitoring #benchmarking and #antimicrobialstewardship for #antibiotics in #veterinary #medicine at the Vetmeduni in Vienna in February. We will have lots of #veterinarians as well as the World Animal Health Organisation (WOAH/OIE) and the European Medicines Agency represented. We're all working together for #prudent #antibiotic use and #publichealth
There's still time to register and details are on our website: https://aacting.org/aacting-conferences/

Antimicrobial prescribing patterns in two district hospitals in Northern Ireland were not significantly impacted by the #COVID19 pandemic.
#AntimicrobialStewardship programmes played an important role in controlling antimicrobial consumption.

Read the #OpenAccess article by Tadros et al:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad117
#JACAMRNews #IDMastodon #AntimicrobialResistance

Mudenda et al. conducted a survey among non-healthcare students in Zambia. They advise that #AntimicrobialStewardship education should be extended to non-healthcare programmes in universities and colleges, because students tend to self-medicate with antimicrobials for various conditions

Read the #OpenAccess article:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad116
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Al Mamari et al. recommend that, after an initial FOX screening, diagnostic microbiology laboratories may adopt the in-house disc approximation test, which is cheaper, or D69C or a commercial combination disc method to routinely detect and report AmpC β-lactamases.
The in-house disc approximation test can be adopted in developing countries to support optimal patient care, #AntimicrobialStewardship and #AMR surveillance for infection prevention and control:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad101
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People aspire to do one thing, then justify doing something completely different....
#AMS #antimicrobialstewardship https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37970680/

A survey of HEIs shows variable teaching of national #AntimicrobialStewardship competencies for UK undergraduate pharmacy students. Schools of Pharmacy need to embed teaching in relation to taking microbiological samples, communication, OPAT and surgical prophylaxis:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad095
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Antibiotic use should be guided by essential medicines lists and treatment guidelines.
Costantine et al. found inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in tertiary regional referral hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Usage exceeded WHO recommendations, while non-recommended combinations of antibiotics were also prescribed. #AntimicrobialStewardship programmes should be strengthened in the studied hospitals and beyond:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad093
#JACAMRNews #AMR

ESCMID guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of brain abscess in children and adults - Clinical Microbiology and Infection

#IDMastodon #MedMastodon #AMR #antibiotics #microbiology #antimicrobialstewardship #infectiousdiseases #medicine @infectiousdiseases @microbiology #brain #abscess

https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(23)00399-3/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email

The hardest challenge in stewardship remains.... the people (#doctors)!

You provide point-of-care measures of bacterial infection (Biofire & PCT measurements) for patients with respiratory infection, and.... no difference in antibiotic consumption.

#AMR #AMS #antimicrobialstewardship #microbiology #IDMastodon #infectiousdeseases #medicine #antibiotics #diagnostics #ED #POC

https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(23)00359-2/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email

No rest for the antimicrobial steward, even when out for an ice cream!
#AMS #IDMastodon #MedMastodon #AMR #antibiotics #microbiology #antimicrobialstewardship #Creams

Episode of #Breakpoints

Drs. Zack Nelson, Alison Dittmer, and Michael Pulia join Dr. Jillian Hayes to discuss the ins and outs of #antimicrobialstewardship in one of the busiest parts of the hospital: the emergency department!

Listen now: https://sidp.pinecast.co/

Reminder of the resources needed to control #AMR and how #war in #Ukraine will impact this locally and probably also beyond the conflict areas.

Ukraine war and antimicrobial resistance - The Lancet Infectious Diseases #antibiotics #microbiology #antimicrobialstewardship

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(23)00264-5/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email#%20

Do you love #AntimicrobialStewardship and CE credits?

Check out this on-demand webcast worth 0.125 CEUs! Expanding the Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship: Expert Roundtable with Elizabeth Dodds-Ashley, PharmD, MHS, FCCP, FSIDP, BCPS, Kerry LaPlante, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, FIDP, Elizabeth Monsees, PhD, RN, CIC, FAPIC and Arjun Srinivasan, MD!

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