Advantages and disadvantages of shorter antimicrobial courses An overview of the available evidence for shorter antimicrobial courses, including how this can be supported in practice and the potential positive impact on antimicrobial resistance.…
Pharmaceuticals detected in 52 out of 54 river sites in English national parks Researchers detected 31 APIs in rivers in 8 out of England's 10 national parks in 2022, with the most common being cetirizine, metformin and fexofenadine.…
Expanded ‘subscription model’ for new antibiotics to be funded with £100m per year Individual annual contract values will range from £5m to £20m, based on a value banding system.…
MRSA: diagnosis, screening and management Appropriate antimicrobial therapy, following local policy and adhering to infection and prevention control guidance, can help to prevent the spread of MRSA bacteria.…
Rapid UTI test wins £8m Longitude Prize on Antimicrobial Resistance The winning test uses a urine sample on a smartphone-sized cartridge to identify the presence of a bacterial infection in 15 minutes and the antibiotic required within 45 minutes.…
Pharmacist coordinating UK participation in global penicillin allergy labelling study Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust will be the first UK health service to join the ‘International Network of Antibiotic Allergy Nations’ study.…
How pharmacists can contribute to effective antimicrobial reviews Best practice principles and practical advice for structuring antimicrobial reviews and effective stewardship practices.…
MPs call for more research into bacteriophages as alternative to antibiotics in response to AMR A House of Commons committee has called for more research into bacteriophages to allow them to be used more widely in UK healthcare to tackle resistance to antibiotics.…
Pharmacists provide antibiotics only where clinically appropriate, minor ailments scheme data show Data from community pharmacies in the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board area have shown 71% of women with a UTI and 55% of patients with a sore throat received antibiotics from the pharmacy.…
Antibiotic prescribing increases by more than 8% in one year Data published by the government show that there was an increase in antibiotic prescribing, the number of antibiotic-resistant infections and antimicrobial resistance-associated deaths in England between 2021 and 2022.…
