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. …
NICE publishes draft guidance on antibiotic prescribing for UTIs The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published a set of draft guidelines to help healthcare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.…
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.…
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…
Global antibiotic consumption increased by 65% between 2000 and 2015, study finds Global antibiotic use in humans increased by 65% between 2000 and 2015, from 21.1 billion defined daily doses (DDD) to 34.8 billion DDDs.…
Changing antimicrobial prescribing behaviour through gaming Researchers have developed a game featuring virtual patients that aims to improve antimicrobial prescribing behaviour in hospitals.…
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.…
Q&A: Dame Sally Davies — protecting antibiotics for the future Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England and chief medical advisor to the UK government, is well known for issuing stark warnings on the careless use of antibiotics.…
Ongoing gonorrhoea outbreak in England could become untreatable with first-line therapy hnResearchers from Public Health England have warned that first-line dual therapy for gonorrhoea could become ineffective because of unprecedented transmission of azithromycin-resistant bacteria.…
Private online GP-consulting services may fuel antimicrobial resistance, study finds A study by researchers at Imperial College London has raised concerns about the negative impact of the expansion of private online GP-consulting services on efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance.…