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Pharmacy technicians can be upskilled in the management of acne and associated #AntimicrobialStewardship by using the TARGET toolkit:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlae011
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The Healthcare Service by Healthcare Students is helping to improve students’ knowledge of how to use antibiotics correctly, but expert supervision remains necessary:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad147
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Tang et al. show that readability of antibiotic patient information leaflets in cystic fibrosis is poor.
Improving readability may lead to improved health literacy and increased antibiotic adherence, contributing to #AntimicrobialStewardship and #AMR avoidance:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad129
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Antimicrobial prescribing patterns in two district hospitals in Northern Ireland were not significantly impacted by the #COVID19 pandemic.
#AntimicrobialStewardship programmes played an important role in controlling antimicrobial consumption.

Read the #OpenAccess article by Tadros et al:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad117
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Mudenda et al. conducted a survey among non-healthcare students in Zambia. They advise that #AntimicrobialStewardship education should be extended to non-healthcare programmes in universities and colleges, because students tend to self-medicate with antimicrobials for various conditions

Read the #OpenAccess article:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad116
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Al Mamari et al. recommend that, after an initial FOX screening, diagnostic microbiology laboratories may adopt the in-house disc approximation test, which is cheaper, or D69C or a commercial combination disc method to routinely detect and report AmpC β-lactamases.
The in-house disc approximation test can be adopted in developing countries to support optimal patient care, #AntimicrobialStewardship and #AMR surveillance for infection prevention and control:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad101
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A survey of HEIs shows variable teaching of national #AntimicrobialStewardship competencies for UK undergraduate pharmacy students. Schools of Pharmacy need to embed teaching in relation to taking microbiological samples, communication, OPAT and surgical prophylaxis:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad095
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Antibiotic use should be guided by essential medicines lists and treatment guidelines.
Costantine et al. found inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in tertiary regional referral hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Usage exceeded WHO recommendations, while non-recommended combinations of antibiotics were also prescribed. #AntimicrobialStewardship programmes should be strengthened in the studied hospitals and beyond:
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad093
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Curious to know more about the #Netflix model for antimicrobials? The SMASH study in the UK explored the views of infection consultants in England on the novel antimicrobial subscription model for #cefiderocol and #ceftazidime-avibactam that started in July 2022. Are delinked funding models the solution to the dry antimicrobial production pipeline?
https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlad091
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