Category list : Antimicrobial stewardship
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Pharmacy’s role in antimicrobial resistance and stewardship Subscription
This article summarises the evidence supporting the role of pharmacists and pharmacy teams in antimicrobial stewardship and outlines the impact of their activities.
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The global race to combat antimicrobial resistance Subscription
The Longitude Prize has relaunched after 300 years and this time teams around the world are racing to develop a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test that will help prevent the overuse of antibiotics and put them in the running to win £8m.
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RPS hosts workshop to increase pharmacists' confidence in antimicrobial stewardship
A workshop from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association’s Pharmacy Infection Network is designed to help pharmacists lead antimicrobial stewardship in the multidisciplinary team.
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NICE publishes draft guidance on antibiotic prescribing for UTIs Subscription
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published a set of draft guidelines to help healthcare professionals optimise antimicrobial prescribing for urinary tract infections and minimise antimicrobial resistance.
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NICE publishes briefing on primary care-based point-of-care tests for strep A in sore throat
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published a medtech innovation briefing on point-of-care diagnostic testing in primary care for group A streptococci in sore throat.
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Advanced practitioners more likely to prescribe inappropriate antibiotics than doctors Subscription
A study has shown that advanced practitioners are more likely to prescribe inappropriate antibiotics than doctors.
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Red pharmacy bags warn of antimicrobial resistance
Pharmacy bags across Leeds will turn red as part of a campaign highlighting the threat of antimicrobial resistance
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Changing antimicrobial prescribing behaviour through gaming Subscription
Researchers have developed a game featuring virtual patients that aims to improve antimicrobial prescribing behaviour in hospitals.
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Q&A with Jacqueline Sneddon, chair of the Antimicrobial Expert Advisory Group
Jacqueline Sneddon, one of Scotland’s first antimicrobial pharmacists, has been elected as chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Antimicrobial Expert Advisory Group (AEAG). Here, Sneddon talks to Corrinne Burns about the current status of antimicrobial awareness in the UK, and her plans for the AEAG.
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Philip Howard takes up presidency of British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Pharmacist Philip Howard will serve as the president of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy until 2021.
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