'SKIP THE DIP for UTI in over 65s' campaign launched in HSE older persons RCFs by the HSE Community Antimicrobial Pharmacists Group, Quality and Patient Safety. #keepantibioticsworking hse.ie/eng/services/l… Antibiotic Prescribing Eimear Brannigan 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 @ICPOPIreland Deirdre Lang ONMSD

Great to meet the team today at Tralee Community Nursing Unit to talk about #AMS and #skipthedip Callum Ryan Annette Logan Cork Kerry Community Healthcare Eleanor McCarthy Mala Shah

Delighted to meet the team in Kinsale Community Hospital on Friday to discuss our #skipthedip campaign Pat Sheehan Annette Logan Cork Kerry Community Healthcare Eleanor McCarthy Mala Shah

New updates on Drug interactions pages. Visit our What's New page for this and all updates bit.ly/3qwE3dN @hselive HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) Irish College of GPs Mala Shah Paul Ryan National Medicines Information Centre (NMIC) GPBuddy PharmaBuddy IIoP Irish Pharmacy Union

📢Cork Kerry Community Healthcare staff members have been visiting residential care facilities to share info on the ‘SKIP the DIP' campaign, which aims to reduce the levels of inappropriate prescribing for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in people aged 65+ #KeepAntibioticsWorking

New updates on Dental and Oral Infections. Visit our What's New page for this and all updates bit.ly/3qwE3dN @hselive; HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC);Irish College of GPs; Mala Shah;Paul Ryan;National Medicines Information Centre (NMIC);GPBuddy;PharmaBuddy;IIoP;Irish Pharmacy Union;

Thank to the Dental Expert Advisory Group members for their input to these reviews, and my community-based antimicrobial pharmacist colleagues Callum Ryan and Roisin Foran for leading out on this set of guideline reviews.

Delighted for my team on winning the innovation & integration in service delivery category Cork Kerry Community Healthcare staff awards today. Wish I could have been there with you!! Fantastic achievement, well done #teamwork

New update on Macrolide Warnings. Visit our What's New page for this and all updates bit.ly/3qwE3dN @hselive;HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC);Irish College of GPs;Mala Shah;Paul Ryan

Delighted to see Antibiticprescribing.ie listed as the preferred prescribing guidance website by GPs. Full article available bjgpopen.org/content/7/4/BJ…

New update - advice for GPs on the management of acute dental pain. Visit our What's New page for this and all updates bit.ly/3qwE3dN @hseliv;HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC);Irish College of GPs;Mala Shah;Paul Ryan;

New update - Antibiotic Prophylaxis of Infective Endocarditis for Dental Procedures. Visit our What's New page for this new update and for all updates bit.ly/3qwE3dN @hselive;HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC);Irish College of GPs;Mala Shah;Paul Ryan;Callum Ryan

Talking about dental antibiotic stewardship to avoid Cdiff-ogenic antibiotics Dentistry at The University of Manchester The AMR Narrative BDA College of General Dentistry FDI World Dental Federation Leanne Teoh SUDAmonas

Disposal of nutritional drinks and fluids in hand-hygiene sinks promote the growth of #CPE. This needs to be addressed in clinical practice ⁦Aoife Kearney⁩ ⁦Conor McGinn⁩ ⁦IPS⁩ ⁦Infection Prevention⁩ ⁦RCSI Clinical Microbiology⁩ #infectionprevention #IPC #IPSROIBranch

Lots of new updates to Genital Conditions content on our website. Visit our What's New for these and all our updates. bit.ly/3qwE3dN

📢The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) teams have launched a new online catalogue for staff ℹ️Staff can posters and leaflets, as well as info on multi-drug resistant organisms, outbreak management and prescribing guidelines - maith sibh!

In line with Patient Safety Day theme this year, Skip the Dip is especially relevant to improve diagnosis of UTI in older people and reduce unnecessary antibiotic use. See antibioticprescribing.ie for more info HSE QPS #QIreland #patientsafety Eimear Brannigan 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧

👏👏Fantastic improvement across HSE Ireland Older Persons Residential units on safe usage of antibiotics. 👏👏Thank you to our Antimicrobial Pharmacists & IPC Nurse specialists who led the change: ✅Clear guidelines ✅Staff training ✅Monthly monitoring Trudy Ryan Aileen Prout

Shows strength of national IPCAMS team providing leadership and support and collaborating with regional AMS pharmacists and quality and safety teams across the country in delivering improvements in antibiotic use across the board. Joined up thinking! HSE QPS Eimear Brannigan 🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧

An online survey is being conducted to investigate General Dental Practitioner's views & experiences of Antimicrobial use and Antimicrobial Resistance. We invite practicing Dental Practitioners to participate in this anonymised online survey shorturl.at/hreAQ