On average one fifth of total broad spectrum antibiotic use was issued as a pre-pack or FP(10) 🤯🤯🤯 Another area for AMS teams to scrutinize to reduce consumption. UHB Pharmacy UHB IPC Team @jamiesonce Dr Ryan Hamilton Corrine Ashton Syed Gilani Kayleigh

Thank you for the opportunity to share our survey of nurses perceptions in acute hospitals across the Midlands region at #ESCMIDGlobal2024! Our findings highlighted key interventions that can support the important role nursing staff play in promoting IV 💉to Oral 💊Switch of abx

If you are over 75, live in a care home or are severely immunosuppressed - please take up the offer of a spring Covid vaccine.

Registration closes on 13th May for the Voice of Young Science interactive workshop for Early Career Researchers! Hear from researchers further along in their careers about their experiences of working with the media and policy worlds. Register: bit.ly/SufSNottingham…

We're delighted by the inclusion of BSAC’s Global Antimicrobial Stewardship Accreditation Scheme (GAMSAS) as a case study in the UK government’s new five-year National Action Plan on antimicrobial resistance. Read more about the scheme here. bsac.org.uk/bsac-accredita…

Today, #WHA77 delegates approved a resolution to accelerate national and global responses on #AntimicrobialResistance (AMR), ahead of the second United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AMR to take place in September 2024 bit.ly/4571wGY

🏥Study determines the involvement of bedside nurses in acute trusts in intravenous to oral switching (IVO) and describes their views on improving IVO 📘Nursing staff do suggest IVO to other clinicians, but more resources are needed to empower them ow.ly/6gQZ50RQKbX

“I love how engaging the lectures are!"📣 Are you a student aged 18-35? Check out our #BSACGNB course to learn more about the #microbiology of gram-negative bacteria including treatment options and their role in #AMR 🦠 Sign up now! 👇 ow.ly/izIr50KC4Vg

First let's start with what static/cidal mean. I know it seems intuitively obvious. Cidal means the abx kills and static means the abx stops replication but doesn't kill bacteria, right? And you need to kill bacteria in compromised hosts, so you gotta use cidal abx right? Wrong.

Will climate change lead to more antimicrobial resistance? These challenges are connected. Read our explainer to learn how ⤵️ wellcome.org/news/climate-c…

As Royal Pharmaceutical Society Treasurer and vice-chair of the English Pharmacy Board I’m proud to support these proposals for change.

Timely and concerning data from The Lancet. Drug-resistant infections know no borders. Every country is at risk. The response to the #AntimicrobialResistance challenge will only be successful if leaders commit to implementing specific, outcome-oriented actions and targets.

Findings by Save our Antibiotics: 💊 M&S Morrisons only supermarkets with full ban on suppliers using colistin 💊 Colistin is drug of last resort in human medicine & usually reserved to treat bacteria, e.g. E. coli, resistant to other antibiotics buff.ly/3THix5N

It's here! 3rd edition of the iconic Hospital Pharmacy book. Enquire within for everything about hospital pharmacy practice in the UK. My thanks to OG senior editor Martin Stephens for inviting me to co-edit. Big up to our expert chapter authors for the great content. Pharmaceutical Press