Category list : Antimicrobial resistance
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Antimicrobials in hospital — a development in advanced e-prescribing analytics Subscription
Rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a recognised threat to global health. There is a perception that poor prescribing practices contribute to the problem, although data confirming this are limited. Reliable data on the quality of antimicrobial prescribing in UK hospitals are not available, with hospital drug-purchasing data most often being used ...
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Pharmacy assessment of penicillin allergy can save money, study finds
Pharmacy-driven allergy assessments can provide cost savings for patients with a reported penicillin allergy, a study presented at the American Society of Health System Pharmacists’ 54th Midyear Clinical Meeting has shown.
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Governments must make tackling AMR worth pharmacy's while Subscription
Pharmaceutical companies won’t develop fast, cheap and effective diagnostic tools on their own — incentives are the missing piece to tackling antimicrobial resistance.
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More than half of acute trusts are failing to reduce their use of antibiotics
More than half of acute trusts in England failed to reduce their antibiotic use between 2017/2018 and 2018/2019, according to figures analysed by The Pharmaceutical Journal.
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Secrets of success: the hospitals slashing their antibiotic use Subscription
Despite the rise of resistant infections, national figures show that antibiotic use continues to grow in hospitals. However, some trusts in England are stepping up their stewardship efforts and achieving significant reductions. Here, three trusts share the secrets to their success.
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We must follow these five rules to avert an antimicrobial resistance crisis Subscription
Simply reducing the use of antibiotics, while discovering new ones, is not enough to keep resistance at bay — healthcare professionals need to understand bacteria’s evolutionary biology if they are to subvert it.
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Patients contracted 165 antibiotic resistant infections each day in 2018, says PHE
Patients in England contracted 165 antibiotic resistant infections per day in 2018, a Public Health England report has estimated.
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Little progress made to develop incentives for new antibiotics, vaccines and diagnostics, AMR review concludes
Little progress has been made to transform research or develop incentives for new antibiotics, vaccines and diagnostics, a review of progress on antimicrobial resistance has concluded.
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Antibiotic treatment of Mycoplasma genitalium infection Subscription
An overview of the 2018 guideline for management of this sexually transmitted infection in men and women.
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Emergency antibiotic supplies from pharmacies double in a year
The number of emergency antibiotics supplied to patients by community pharmacies without a prescription has almost doubled in one year, data from the NHS Business Services Authority show.
