Meeting w amazing #pharmacists in South Africa for #antibiotic stewardship 2trained ⁦The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center⁩ and r now national leaders👍👏🏻😊

LORENZO MESSINA: What EOH can teach us about strengthening risk culture bit.ly/3yay6IH

Our #OpenAccess podcast “Implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Resource Limited Settings” is available now! Listen to the discussion of the importance of ASPs, including successes/obstacles in LMIC ft Dr. Gabriel Levy Hara and Angeliki Messina #AMR ow.ly/ttkp50HaUaF

With credit to my friend (whose advice I would take) Susan Hingle.

JAC-AMR 🇿🇦 In #SouthAfrica pharmacists working collaboratively with nurses on specific #AMS projects was critical link.springer.com/article/10.100… Angeliki Messina Adrian Brink Debbie Goff Esmita Charani Natalie Schellack

If you've been feeling stagnant, uninspired and unmotivated, you're probably languishing. Here's why it happens — and how to escape it: t.ted.com/tB6zGDj

Dr. Murthy discusses how stress manifests in our lives during the pandemic, with people experiencing shifts in sleeping patterns or ability to focus at work: 'This is one of those moments that being gentle with ourselves & each other is more important than ever before.' #IHIForum

#Sisonke phase 2 - Johnson and Johnson booster for #Healthcareworkers wraps up in just 8 days. For goodness sake, all HCWs please go immediately to your nearest site if you haven't had your booster #NeverTooLateToVaccinate #GetVaccinatedNow #VaccinesWork

Day 3 #SAASP Preceptorship #AntibioticStewardship course with hands on AS rounds at #GrooteSchuurHospital , hosting colleagues from 🇧🇼 🇳🇬 🇬🇭 🇰🇪 🇿🇲 & the majestic mind of Natalie Schellack. A great mutual learning experience during #WAAW2021 Adrian Brink Angeliki Messina @Denavandenbergh

Absolutely love this especially when navigating implementation of an antibiotic stewardship intervention! Dena van den Bergh Adrian Brink Marc Mendelson Natalie Schellack Debbie Goff Esmita Charani #SAASP21

I feel this needs repeating...
Numbers are always lower on a Mon & Tues so you need to compare today to last Monday, not yesterday.
Last Monday there was 58 cases in GP vs 239 today which means the average is still going up.

Strengthening stewardship efforts with colleagues from 🇬🇭 🇰🇪 🇳🇬 🇧🇼 - Day 1 - from classifying microorganisms by Dr H Tootla to principles in #AMS by Marc Mendelson - ending with #AMS in practice Angeliki Messina & Maletje Griesel #AntibioticAwarenessWeek

Angeliki Messina Dena van den Bergh published a paper from South Africa #pharmacists on “hangtime” interventions, the time from the #antibiotic order to infusion and yes every hour ⏰ makes a difference in sepsis!

Natalie Schellack & Angeliki Messina two of 🇿🇦‘S leading #AntibioticStewardship Pharmacists training AMS teams from 🇰🇪 🇧🇼 🇳🇬 and 🇬🇭 on the 4-day #SAASP stewardship course #WAAW2021 . Critical to share experiences & learn from this diverse group of colleagues. Adrian Brink @Denavandenbergh

Excited to be kicking off the first #SAASP #AMS Center’s of Excellence Programme with clinicians and pharmacist from 5 African countries in #WAAW2021 Adrian Brink Marc Mendelson Angeliki Messina Debbie Goff NCAS_Australia CIDRAP CIDRAP_ASP SASOCP Shaheen Mehtar Sabiha Essack

🆕💥💥 #IJAA Evelina Tacconelli Laura Piddock 💙 tom lodise
Systematic review and meta-analysis of in vitro efficacy of antibiotic combination therapy against carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli #IDTwitter
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Update Shorter Is Better Table! 12 CAP studies now! 3 days taking over from 5? bradspellberg.com/shorter-is-bet…

.CDC has called #antibioticresistance “one of the biggest public health challenges of our time.” Listen: ow.ly/MFxN50EeKtI

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ANNOUNCEMENT‼️

The SIDP Antimicrobial Stewardship Advocacy Toolkit is now available! Check it out to see how you can promote AMS! 👇

Link: sidp.org/AMSToolkit

#AMSToolkit #IDTwitter
#Advocacy #Launch