
Gillian Damant
@gilliandamant
Regional Antimicrobial Stewardship lead - North West (via NI). All views my own.
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23-05-2011 12:04:08
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Excellent resources to support parents, guardians and healthcare professionals care for children with infections safely, antibiotics usually not required! Kieran Hand PhD Diane Ashiru, PhD Rosie Dixon Will Morton Wendy Thompson NHS North West #superbodies


📢It's days 9⃣ till #WAAW2024. One great way of getting involved is becoming an Antibiotic Guardian Schools Ambassador! Get inspired by Fergus Allerton & his experience as a champion for the AG Schools Ambassador programme👉go.shr.lc/48NYfOA


The NHS England AMR programme team is running a range of webinars for World AMR Awareness Week next week. Find out more and sign up here: events.england.nhs.uk/world-amr-awar… #KeepAntibioticsWorking




Landmarks across the #NorthWest will Go Blue for AMR this week. Buildings in Liverpool & Chester got the campaign off to a colourful start last night. Look out for the Mersey Gateway bridge today #WAAW2024 #AMR #NWAPG


We've teamed up with the Infection & Travel Medicine ward (J20) this WAAW to show you how to be "Hands Ready, Ward Ready"🏥 #AMR #AntimicrobialResistance #AntibioticGuardian #KeepAntibioticsWorking #WAAW Leeds Teaching Hospitals LTHT Specialty & Integrated Medicine

🥳 The UK-VARSS 2023 report shows that antibiotic sales in food-producing animals remain at a 59% reduction since 2014. Read the full report 👉bit.ly/3UZyK7c We welcome RUMA Alliance 's new Targets Taskforce Report which also launched today👉bit.ly/48ZcFv2

Together with NHS North West we delivered TARGETantibiotics train the trainer sessions to 120 clinicians across #NW in 2023/24 to promote responsible use of antimicrobials. These trainers have now delivered antimicrobial stewardship education to over 640 prescribers. #WAAW #AntibioticGuardians


The Mersey Gateway bridge looking beautiful in blue last night for #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek. Look out for other #NorthWest landmarks as they ‘Go Blue for AMR’ to raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance 💙 💊 💙 #WAAW24 #KeepAntibioticsWorking NHS Cheshire and Merseyside


Preston North End FC is supporting #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek by sporting a blue hue to help tackle the issue of #AntimicrobialResistance 💙⚽️💊 Let's kick #AMR into touch and #KeepAntibioticsWorking #GoBlueForAMR #WAAW24 NHS North West who.int/campaigns/worl…



It’s a good listen! Diane Ashiru, PhD NHS North West UKHSA North West Kieran Hand PhD

🗞️ A pioneering genetic test developed by MFT NHS researchers, that could prevent critically ill newborn babies going deaf if treated with a commonly used antibiotic, is being trialled across 14 NHS specialist newborn units, in the new PALOH-UK study. 👇 research.cmft.nhs.uk/news-events/ge…




These look fantastic - getting messages out through the medium of dessert is underrated! Diane Ashiru, PhD NHS North West @BilMorts Rosie Dixon

How are antibiotics like chocolates? And using this analogy, what is antibiotic resistance? vimeo.com/319680439 @_FaceSA Diane Ashiru, PhD