ID:IOTS - Infectious Disease Insight Of Two Specialists 57. Antimicrobial stewardship begins at home
Jame and Callum are together in person to talk about the importance of keeping your house in order. Being an infection specialist does not automatically make you an antimicrobial steward. We reflect on some challenges to being an antimicrobial steward when practising infection medicine
The choosing wisely campaign mentioned by Jame:
https://www.choosingwisely.org/
A course on Antimicrobial Stewardship which is a good starting point:
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/antimicrobial-stewardship
The IDSA guidance on AmpC production risk organisms mentioned by Jame:
https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/amr-guidance/#AmpC%CE%B2-Lactamase-ProducingEnterobacterales
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