The team at #BSACSpring2024

Congratulations from ASAP on your exciting new role👏👏

Looking forward to working with other ASAP members ASAP Group & other colleagues to help implement the UK #AntimicrobialResistance action plan in Scotland Kirsteen Hill

Strong partnership between Ghana and Scotland in fighting the AMR menace ⁦Dr Darius Obeng Essah⁩ ⁦Fran Kerr⁩ #CwPAMS

To climax the CwPAMS 2 project visit earlier today at CCTH following a series of patient-centered activities, we had an important exist conference and gift presentations. #GhanaSAPG , #cwpams @frankerr1F andrew seaton Joseph Acolatse Dr Darius Obeng Essah Amanj Kurdi, PhD

Antibiotic Guardian Nurse in Keta Municipal Hospital. Show your love to her!😀

3 hospital visits in #Ghana in one day across 300km
- Cape Coast Teaching Hospital
- Keta municipal hospital
- Ghana Police hospital

#bidirectionallearning
#antibioticguardian
#CwPAMS
#Ghana SAPG
#AMS #AMR
andrew seaton
Commonwealth Pharmacists Association
#keepantibioticsworking
Fran Garraghan

Great day of collaboration between the 6 hospitals in the #CwPAMs #GhanaSAPG project and Scottish partners. Sharing achievements & agreeing steps to ensure the project is successful in increasing ACCESS antibiotics & improving Rx for pneumonia & surgical antibiotic prophylaxis.

Delighted to have been welcomed by the CEO and AMS team at Cape Coast Teaching hospital today. Lots of great work on show! #GhanaSAPG #cwpams Fran Kerr andrew seaton

#AntimicrobialResistance (AMR) is invisible. I am not.

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) Task Force of #AMR Survivors campaign launches.

Stories help us put a human face to one of the greatest challenges of our time!

#AMR survivors

New 5-year plan to combat antimicrobial resistance - GOV.UK published today ⁦BSAC⁩ ⁦SAPG⁩ gov.uk/government/new…

This systematic review found that eating can affect how well some β-lactam antibiotics work, with milk especially reducing absorption for some drugs, but the quality of evidence is low and clinical trials are needed:
doi.org/10.1093/jac/dk…
OUP Medicine Oxford Journals #JACNews

RPS President Professor Claire Anderson supports decision to allow pharmacy technicians to supply medicines under PGDs - 'This will support transformational change in pharmacy teams and pharmacist’s role into complex clinical care.'

More here: bit.ly/4axr80V @clairewynn

Are you responsible for infection management? Learn how to use Point Prevalence Surveys (PPS) to measure antibiotic consumption, assess antibiotic prescribing, and fight #AMR in this accredited #BSACPPS course! 💊 Don't miss out 👇 ow.ly/k2Zq50KyQft

APTUK welcome Department of Health and Social Care plans announced today to allow #PharmacyTechnicians to supply and administer medicines under #PGDs :

ow.ly/w3CH50R3RXj

See our position statement below:

#PatientAccess #Pharmacy24 #ProfessionalRecognition #PharmacyServices

High consumption of antibiotics for oral & dental disease highlighted by Benoit Varenne and the impact it has on antimicrobial resistance globally. #IADR2024
When people need antibiotics, they need to work. The World Health Organization (WHO) antibiotic book has an oral & dental chapter. FDI World Dental Federation

📢 FIS / HIS International 2024 is now live for registration📢

Discover what’s to come at the 2024 event on the 20-22 November at the ACC, Liverpool and register now 👉 buff.ly/3PnlGpo

FIS Conference Healthcare Infection Society BIA #IPC #HISevents #InfectionPrevention #FISHIS24

【Risk for C. difficile infection】

Let's understand the risk of C. difficile infection for each antibiotic!

Level: Intermediate
Importance: ★★★

#IDTwitter #IDMedEd #IDFellow #IMResident #MedEd

📢Are you interested in a Driver Diagram?

This is some of our teams favourite QI tool.

Watch the short video below to understand what a Driver Diagram is and why do you use it.

If you want to learn more and download a template to use, visit the QI Zone👉bit.ly/3URb1mR

Tackling #AMR by supporting global accreditation of AMS programmes—reflections on 1st year of Global Antimicrobial Stewardship Accreditation Scheme #GAMSAS & plans for future spread:
doi.org/10.1093/jacamr…
jacqui sneddon Tracey Guise Mark Gilchrist David Jenkins BSAC