Describing resistance
Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values describe the susceptibility of a specific bacterium to a specific antibiotic. If the concentration of antibiotic required to inhibit growth exceeds a certain level, the …
Course: Antimicrobial Stewardship: Managing Antibiotic Resistance
How we reached current resistance
In this video Dr Mike Cooper, consultant microbiologist and infection control doctor, explains how we have reached the current crisis of resistance.
Professor Nathwani responds to your comments and questions
Learning through this online course is a social activity and we hope you will share and discuss your ideas and comments by using the discussion steps. Also you can join …
Introduction to resistance
As we begin to explore and learn more about antimicrobial stewardship our initial focus in Week 1 is going to be on the topic of resistance. While the topic of …
Is antimicrobial resistance a global problem?
The damaging effects of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are already manifesting themselves across the world. Antimicrobial-resistant infections currently claim at least 50,000 lives each year across Europe and the US alone, …
Introduction
In this video Professor Dilip Nathwani welcomes you to the course. As a practicing infectious diseases physician, Professor Nathwani has a key interest in antimicrobial stewardship. He leads a national …
Meet the educators
Each week of the course has been developed by specialists in their field. The overall lead for the course is Professor Dilip Nathwani, OBE who is an infectious diseases physician …
A quick win strategy from South Africa
In this video Dr. Adrian Brink introduces a strategy implemented in 47 hospitals in South Africa (a resource limited setting) to improve antibiotic prescribing using the AS techniques that have …
Google hangout
Dr Barlow and Mr Gilchrist will record a hangout Q & A session on 2nd June which will be made available for you to watch later that day. How can …
Protection
Until now, when thinking or talking about stewardship, we often use terms such as “restricted”, “restrictive” or “restriction” as discussed in Step 2.17 and Step 2.18. At the UK’s Federation …
Introducing defined daily doses (DDDs) as a measure
So far we have considered why measurement of antibiotic use is a cornerstone of any antimicrobial stewardship programme and in particular why measuring antibiotic use can help to improve the …
Some ideas on how and where to start
In Step 2.3 and Step 2.4 some antibiotic stewardship issues from the scenario video were identified and discussed. In this article we have revisited some of these issues and linked …
How Dr Barlow and Mr Gilchrist started
In this video, taken from a longer discussion, Dr Gavin Barlow and Mr Mark Gilchrist explain where they both started with antimicrobial stewardship in their hospitals. The full video is …
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Antimicrobial Stewardship: Managing Antibiotic Resistance
