NSHA Antimicrobial Stewardship (@nshastewardship) 's Twitter Profile
NSHA Antimicrobial Stewardship

@nshastewardship

Twitter account of the Antimicrobial Stewardship team at the Nova Scotia Health Authority

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NCCID • CCNMI (@centreinfection) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Antibiotics don't work on viruses. Unnecessary antibiotic use leads to resistant bacteria and hard-to-treat infections. #ThinkTwiceSeekAdvice Ask for advice on the right treatment for you. Learn about #AntibioticAwarenessWeek at AntibioticAwareness.ca.

Antibiotics don't work on viruses. Unnecessary antibiotic use leads to resistant bacteria and hard-to-treat infections. #ThinkTwiceSeekAdvice Ask for advice on the right treatment for you. Learn about #AntibioticAwarenessWeek at AntibioticAwareness.ca.
NSHA Antimicrobial Stewardship (@nshastewardship) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great article by Jerome Leis from Sunnybrook! Overdiagnosis of UTI leads to overuse of antibiotics in the elderly thestar.com/life/2018/11/1… via Toronto Star

NSHA Antimicrobial Stewardship (@nshastewardship) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Woohoo I got #doxycycline. Good ol Doxy: under rated and flies under the radar #BeAntibioticsAware... It's #AntibioticAwarenessWeek! The antibiotic that best matches my personality is Doxycycline - Which antibiotic are you? tryinteract.com/share/quiz/59e…

Dr. Shelly McNeil (@shellymcneilid) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It’s Family Doctor Week in Canada! If you’re lucky enough to have one, take the time to say thanks! It means a lot! #lovemyfamilydoc

Choosing Wisely NS (@choosewiselyns) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NSHA Antimicrobial Stewardship is featured in the November edition of the Doctors Nova Scotia magazine. Check out what the NSHA Antimicrobial Stewardship team has been up to: flipsnack.com/doctorsnovasco… …. #AntibioticsWisely #ChoosingWisely

SIDP (@sidpharm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Antibiotics are an essential component of modern medicine, but they DO NOT TREAT COLDS! Patients with colds: wash hands, cover coughs, stay home when sick, & get vaccinated! Check out CDC resources for #USAAW18 and #BeAntibioticsAware

Choosing Wisely Canada (@choosewiselyca) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For #AntibioticAwarenessWeek - see our 3 #choosingwisely questions to encourage patients & clinicians to talk about #antibiotics: Do I really need antibiotics? What are the risks? Are there simpler, safer options? choosingwiselycanada.org/antibiotics #AntibioticsWisely

For #AntibioticAwarenessWeek - see our 3 #choosingwisely questions to encourage patients & clinicians to talk about #antibiotics: 

Do I really need antibiotics? 
What are the risks? 
Are there simpler, safer options?
choosingwiselycanada.org/antibiotics #AntibioticsWisely
Choosing Wisely NS (@choosewiselyns) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Using Antibiotics Wisely encourages clinicians and patients to engage in conversations about unnecessary #antibiotic use. See the Choosing Wisely Canada tools that can help support this conversation: choosingwiselycanada.org/antibiotics #AntibioticAwarenessWeek

SIDP (@sidpharm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's #AntibioticAwarenessWeek! This is a great time to think about Penicillin Allergies & ensure patients receive optimal antibiotic therapy. Check out the SIDP Podcast series #TheItch, with fantastic tips from Julie Ann Justo Mary Staicu Bruce M. Jones sidp.org/Podcasts

It's #AntibioticAwarenessWeek! This is a great time to think about Penicillin Allergies &amp; ensure patients receive optimal antibiotic therapy. Check out the SIDP Podcast series #TheItch, with fantastic tips from <a href="/julie_justo/">Julie Ann Justo</a> <a href="/marylynnstaicu/">Mary Staicu</a>
<a href="/Bruce_M_Jones/">Bruce M. Jones</a>
sidp.org/Podcasts
Brad Langford (@brxad) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Multi-faceted educational intervention associated with a decrease in inappropriate antibiotic use for asymptomatic bacteriuria in long-term care residents bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/7/4/e0… via BMJ Open Quality

Multi-faceted educational intervention associated with a decrease in inappropriate antibiotic use for asymptomatic bacteriuria in long-term care residents
bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/7/4/e0… 
via <a href="/BMJOpenQuality/">BMJ Open Quality</a>
Daniel J Livorsi (@danlivorsi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Using national VA data, our group found that nearly 40% of urologic patients received excessively long courses of post-op antibiotics without a clear indication. This seemingly unnecessary use of antibiotic prophylaxis is a great target for stewardship. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Canadian Center for Vaccinology (@ccfvaccinology) 's Twitter Profile Photo

CCfV's Joanne Langley sat down with CTV Morning Live this morning to talk measles and the importance of vaccinations @IWKHealthCentre: atlantic.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1…

Canada's CPHO (@cpho_canada) 's Twitter Profile Photo

By 2050 #AntibioticResistant infections could cause as many as 10 million deaths per year around the world. That is more than the number of #cancer deaths we see today worldwide. We must act now to #KeepAntibioticsWorking: ow.ly/5y3M50uGlcf

By 2050 #AntibioticResistant infections could cause as many as 10 million deaths per year around the world. That is more than the number of #cancer deaths we see today worldwide. We must act now to #KeepAntibioticsWorking: ow.ly/5y3M50uGlcf