🧵1/2 Do you work in healthcare and have a passion for sustainability? We have a great opportunity for you to help us make our pathology services more environmentally sustainable with a great Clinical Fellowship secondment opportunity. linkedin.com/posts/lancashi…

🧵2/2 The role offers a unique opportunity to develop your leadership skills and support the NHS to realise its net zero ambitions. Microteam lthtr Pathology Lancashire Teaching

Stubbs et al. found that a higher CCI score is associated with a non-statistically significant increased risk of unplanned hospitalization, so could inform the OPAT selection process:
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Rob Shorten Microteam lthtr OUP Medicine #JACAMRNews

Hi, are there any UK ACPs out there who work within Infectious Diseases? We have one in Notts who is keen to connect if possible?

This is great to see!
Thermo Fisher have you considered determining the quantity of dry ice that is required to maintain adequate shipping cold-chain for laboratory reagents? There may be an opportunity to reduce package size/weight and thus transport emissions...

One of our Microbiology Greens has highlighted that reagents delivered on dry ice would normally arrive in non-recyclable polystyrene. This development from Thermo Fisher is incredibly welcome! 🙌🏻👏🏻

More of this, please!
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British In Vitro Diagnostics Association (BIVDA) ABPI

And I talked about the experience of Microteam lthtr at Chorley & Royal Preston of the LEAF pilot. Great team engagement means that we're on the road to a more sustainable lab.

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Our paper on the Charlson Comorbidity Index and risk of readmission on OPAT. This was carried out with Medicine at UoM APEP student, Ryan 👏

#WAAW2023 continues at Chorley & Royal Preston !

We're asking our prescribers to consider whether their patients can be IV-oral switched #IVOS

There are many benefits of oral antibiotics over IVs!

Is your payient ACED?
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#AntibioticGuardian
#KeepAntibioticsWorking

Can you IV-oral switch (IVOS) your patients? Are the ACED?

-Afebrile
-Clinically improving
-Eating & drinking
-Deep source of infection excluded

#IVOS #WAAW2023
#AntibioticGuardian #KeepAntibioticsWorking

Our annual Virology Scientific Meeting organised by Virology in the Lab Med.🔬 Back after COVDIS restrictions, hope to see you there on 27th Jan. 🧪🥼

You did a great job 👏
#STP National School of Healthcare Science Pathology Lancashire Teaching

It's #WAAW23 , and we all need to play our part to ensure that we use antibiotics wisely. Follow Chorley & Royal Preston and Microteam lthtr to see who we do this for our patients.
#AntibioticGuardian #KeepAntibioticsWorking

It's #WAAW23 and I've made my pledge to #KeepAntibioticsWorking #AntibioticGuardian

Heading out to the wards tomorrow with Microteam lthtr to spread the message and promote the Antibiotic Review Kit (ARK) 'Likelihood of infection' tool.

It’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week & we’re working hard at Chorley & Royal Preston Microteam lthtr Infection Prevention Pharmacy@LTHTR to ensure that we #KeepAntibioticsWorking by giving the right drug, to the right patient, at the right time, for the right duration. #AntibioticGuardian