It’s World #AMR Awareness Week #WAAW #WAAW23 and I have been thinking of the biggest bang for buck #AMS / #ASP interventions over the last 10 years….. Surely it’s #pencillinallergy #delabelling and #crossreactivity ?! 🙌 🤔 Send me your contenders 🥊#IDTwitter Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟

Do you really need antibiotics? Curbing our use helps fight drug-resistant bacteria theconversation.com/do-you-really-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand Huge shout out to my fellow co-authors Fiona Doukas 👩‍🔬💊 Kristin Xenos , Caroline Barlow for her inspiration @the_shpa, Fron Jackson-Webb our patient editor

SHPA members Minyon Avent, Fiona Doukas and Kristin Xenos have co-authored a new article appearing in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand! 🗞️ Read their article, 'Do you really need antibiotics? Curbing our use helps fight drug-resistant bacteria', here → buff.ly/49YDUpH 🦠

Another excellent article in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand co-authored by Jessica Pace FANZCAP, Chair of our NSW Branch + SHPA Fellow! Read the article here, exploring the effectiveness of COVID antivirals against new variants → theconversation.com/covid-wave-wha…... 🗞️

Hospitals with low antibiotic overuse had 4️⃣ criteria: 1️⃣Robust knowledge of and access to ASP guidance 2️⃣🌟High quality clinical pharmacist-physician relationships 3️⃣Tools & infrastructure to support stewardship 4️⃣Highly engaged ID physicians who advocated stewardship principles

Can we do an early switch to oral therapy for Staph aureus bloodstream infections? Josh Davis #antimicrobials2024

Fascinating to hear all about the S. Aureus Network Adaptive Platform from Prof Steven Tong at #antimicrobials2024. Huge numbers recruited already! SNAP Trial

Great slide! Illustrates the environmental impact of IV antibiotics compared to oral - picture on the left is waste from one dose of IV augmentin. Prof Josh Davis discussing oral options for S. aureus infections #antimicrobials2024 #AMS #medicalwaste #OralSwitch

Many studies now show that switching to oral antibiotic therapy has equal successful outcomes compared to weeks of IV therapy. Oral therapy is easier for patients, less costly, and associated with less complications than IV therapy. Josh Davis #antimicrobials2024

The Alfred AMS ID pharmacist extraordinaire Kelly Cairns presenting her PhD research on daptomycin dosing for #VRE - higher doses than reported in the literature with no significant adverse effects to patients or 30-day mortality. More to come! #antimicrobials2024

Ceftriaxone use should be decreased in the emergency department … currently high rates of inappropriate use in ED in Australian hospitals - Lenna Zosky-Shiller presenting at #antimicrobials2024 #AMS #ceftriaxone NCAS_Australia

So pleased to see our article in print. A big thank you to my co-authors t.author.email.elsevier.com/r/?id=h62b1e8d…

Great to share the stage with Jon Iredell , David Grolman and @RenaeBeardmore at Australian Society for Antimicrobials #Antimicrobials2024 conference to talk about how we might improve funding for new antibiotics...thanks Pfizer Inc. for sponsoring... CO-ADD Antibiotics

Great to see our article in print. A big thank you to my co-authors

Happy #IDPharmacistsDay to all my awesome colleagues. Thank you for all your AMS innovations Jason Roberts Amy Legg Kelly Cairns Misha Devchand Sharmila Khumra Fiona Doukas 👩‍🔬💊 Kristin Xenos @the_shpa

#AMR is evolving, with worrying increases in hospital-onset infections since 2019. The latest CDC data highlights these shifts, emphasizing the urgent need for action. See the table below for infection rate changes and learn how to tackle these urgent threats together.

Today marks the first day of #WorldAMRAwarenessWeek. The World Health Organization (WHO) theme for this year is 'Educate. Advocate. Act now.' Check out our resources and activities happening throughout the week. #AMR #AntimicrobialResistance Visit safetyandquality.gov.au/WAAW

Very honored to receive the HeIDI award for Infectious Diseases into Practice ⁦CRE RESPOND⁩ ⁦Jason Roberts⁩

Great to hear the contributions from our Aussie #InfectiousDiseases pharmacists Laura Triggs and Emma Whitney on #IDPharmacistsDay

As part of #WorldSepsisDay we are excited to be able to offer this seminar in Melbourne. Hope you can attend.