Good quality blood cultures make the word of difference to outcomes for patients suffering severe infection and sepsis… as well as helping us protect the effectiveness of antibiotics in the future. Watch “NUH Blood Culture Education” on #Vimeo vimeo.com/741880625?ref=…

Day 3 of #WAAW2022 look out for the Recognise and Rescue and Antimicrobial Stewardship team! Optimising diagnostics by 'Making blood cultures great again' with ward-based blood culture education at QMC campus today @NSoroczyn @TeamNUH

#WAAW2022 Improving the blood culture pre-analytical pathway will result in both patient and Antimicrobial Stewardship benefits if the causative pathogen can be identified @TeamNUH @NSoroczyn

Ward based blood culture education on E16, D57 and AMRA. Ensuring blood cultures are taken at the right time, with the right volume, the right number of sets, using the right technique and sent immediately to microbiology. #letsgetthisrighteverytime #WAAW22

Day 4 of #WAAW22 today we are looking at what is Penicillin allergy, including an interactive game considering which antibiotics are safe, have cross-over allergy or are contra-indicated. look out for the AMS team today at both the City and QMC campus. @TeamNUH

Prescribing IV gentamicin or IV vancomycin in adults? Did you know we have full guidance on the antibiotic intranet site including dosing calculators. If unsure please ask a pharmacist for advice #WAAW2022 NUH Pharmacy NUH Quality & Patient Safety Team

Penicillin allergy interactive game shared on Edward 2, Harvey 2, Patience 1 and Lister 2. Considering how common are penicillin allergies and what does it mean to be penicillin allergic. #KeepAntibioticsWorking #WAAW2022 @TeamNUH

Day 5 #WAAW2022 looking at IV versus PO waste. Reducing our carbon footprint by early #IVOS #KeepAntibioticsWorking @TeamNUH

NUH linking AMR with environmental considerations, encouraging patients to return any old or unused antibiotics to our Trust outpatient pharmacy at QMC and City #WAAW @TeamNUH

Jamie, our fantastic antimicrobial pharmacy technician from NUH Pharmacy talking to #pharmacy medicines management technicians on how they can help identify patients suitable for a IV ➡️ PO switch APTUK #IVOS #AntibioticGuardian #WAAW #WAAW22

Exciting to hear that @TeamNUH have been shortlisted in two categories for the Antibiotic Guardian Awards 🥳👏🏾 Antibiotic Guardian NUH_Micro NUH Pharmacy NUH Critical Care🏳️‍🌈 Recognise & Rescue teamEDnuh #WAAW2022 #KeepAntibioticsWorking

Thanks to all the wards that participated in our penicillin allergy game for #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek Great discussions about consequences of inaccurate penicillin allergy labels and impact on patient outcomes #WAAW #AntibioticGuardian

Fantastic results for members of our team today. Well done to Vicki Fleming on passing her FRCPath in microbiology part 2 exam and to Laura Brammer on her higher specialist diploma in med micro!! Congratulations!! 🥳🥂🍾🔬🧫🧬

Congratulations to our Nottingham Trent University placement students, Kate & Seb, on passing their Registration Portfolio Verifications with flying colours today 🥳 well done on your hard work & best of luck in your final year of university! 👏🏻 🎉 #futureBMS IBMS #AtTheHeartOfHealthcare @TeamNUH Nottingham University Hospitals

👏👏👏 Congratulations to Matthew from D56 Level 1 Unit who is the winner of our gentamicin quiz for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week #AntibioticGuardian

🚨Exciting job opportunity! Band 8a Specialist pharmacist antimicrobials and infection control NUH Pharmacy working alongside colleagues in OPATnuh and NUH_Micro. For more information see the link below: nuh.nhs.uk/jobs/#!/job/UK…

The blood culture improvement work continues... 🔟ml per bottle 4️⃣ bottles each time (2 sets) Let's get blood cultures right first time to improve infection diagnosis and support targeted antibiotics 💪🏽🩸📶

Sue 's work on nurses' perceptions of using an IV-oral switch tool at #BSACSpring2023 👏🏼 NUH Infection NUH_Micro @TeamNUH

Today for #WAAW23 our City vaccination hub see’s the return of the pledge hedge and promotion of #AntibioticGuardian. Flu and COVID vaccines not only prevent viral infections 🦠 but also ⬇️ the likelihood of secondary bacterial infections, so reduce antibiotic use 💊