Antibiotic resistance: is it time to get serious about point-of-care testing?
Article notes in view of rise of antimicrobial resistance& availability of ever more sophisticated& affordable diagnostic technology, experts are asking why NHS not making better use of point-of-care testing before prescribing antibiotics for respiratory tract/other infections. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - February 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Antibiotics Are Being Inappropriately Prescribed for Covid, Increasing the Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance - Research
[The Conversation Africa] Antibiotics are drugs designed to treat infections caused by bacteria (for example, skin infections). They don't work on infections caused by other microbes such as viruses (including COVID and flu) or fungi (for example, thrush). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 16, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
A digital vision for antimicrobial stewardship
The antimicrobial resistance programme is seeking views and experiences of clinical and non-clinical staff who use IT systems in general practice. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - February 16, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Australian Researchers Discover New Form of Antimicrobial Resistance in Findings That Have Implications for Microbiology Laboratories
Study findings could lead to new biomarker targets for clinical laboratories working to identify AMR bacteria Reducing and managing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major goal of researchers and health systems across the globe. And it is the job of microbiologists and clinical laboratories to identify microbes that are AMR and those which are not […]
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Source: Dark Daily - February 13, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: International Laboratory News Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Resources Laboratory Testing Molecular Diagnostics, Genetic Testing, Whole Gene Sequencing AMR anatomic pathology antimicrobial resistance clinical laboratory Dark Daily dar Source Type: news
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Sixth Meeting of the Global Leaders Group (GLG) On Antimicrobial Resistance
[WHO] Your Excellency, Prime Minister Mia Mottley, (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 9, 2023 Category: African Health Source Type: news
' Superbugs' caused by climate change are becoming a greater threat to humanity, report finds
A new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has identified antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the rise of "superbugs" as major threats to humanity. "The development and spread of AMR means that antimicrobials used to prevent and treat infections in humans, animals and plants might turn…#unep #amr #scottroberts #yaleschoolofmedicine #unepexecutive #ingerandersen #miamottley (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Climate change is contributing to the rise of superbugs, new UN report says
Climate change and antimicrobial resistance are two of the greatest threats to global health, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - February 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Full-scale access to microbial Pathogen Detection data in the Cloud!
NCBI’s Pathogen Detection resource now provides selected data on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) allowing you better access to over 1 million bacterial isolates. Data on GCP include: The tables from the MicroBIGG-E database of anti-microbial resistance (AMR), stress response, virulence genes, and genomic elements and the Pathogen Isolates Browser that are both accessible through … Continue reading Full-scale access to microbial Pathogen Detection data in the Cloud! → (Source: NCBI Insights)
Source: NCBI Insights - January 18, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: NCBI Staff Tags: What's New Antimicrobial resistance Cloud computing Microbiology NCBI Pathogen Detection Source Type: news
Study Shows Huge Increase in Bloodstream Infections in Europe During First Two Years of COVID-19 Pandemic
Clinical laboratory data was key in identifying antibiotic-resistant bacteria responsible for surge in BSIs in hospitals and other healthcare facilities in 2020 and 2021 Clinical laboratory data compiled by the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net) shows that a massive increase in bloodstream infections (BSIs) occurred among EU nations during the first two years of […]
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Source: Dark Daily - January 11, 2023 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: International Laboratory News Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing Acinetobacter AMR anatomic pathology antimicrobial resistance antimicrobial susceptibility testing bloodstream infection Source Type: news
Africa: The Quadripartite Establishes Technical Group On Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Integrated Surveillance (QTG-AIS)
[WHO] Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat to animal and human health, food security, economic growth, and development. It is mostly driven by the inappropriate use of antimicrobials in human, animal, and plant health, food production, and environmental contamination. Effective surveillance of AMR and antimicrobial use (AMU) within and across sectors is an integral part of efforts to monitor the spread and impact of AMR, and to mount an effective One Health response. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 19, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
On prioritising global health's triple crisis of sepsis, COVID-19 and antimicrobial resistance: a mixed-methods study from Malawi.
Conclusion Our analysis revealed strong relationships between in-hospital mortality and hospital case volume in hospitals treating a small number of cases. The nonlinearity and nonm onotonicity of the estimated relationships indicate that studies applying conventional statistical approaches like logistic regression should consider these relationships adequately. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - December 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
On prioritising global health's triple crisis of sepsis, COVID-19 and antimicrobial resistance: a mixed-methods study from Malawi
Conclusion
Our analysis revealed strong relationships between in-hospital mortality and hospital case volume in hospitals treating a small number of cases. The nonlinearity and nonm onotonicity of the estimated relationships indicate that studies applying conventional statistical approaches like logistic regression should consider these relationships adequately. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - December 14, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Health and Social Care Act 2008: code of practice on the prevention and control of infections, DHSC (updated 13th December 2022)
Code of practice on the effective prevention and control of infection by health service providers.
13 December 2022The code of practice document has been updated to reflect changes to the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, and the role of infection prevention and control (IPC) (including cleanliness) in optimising antimicrobial use and reducing antimicrobial resistance. The new document takes account of changes to the IPC landscape and nomenclature that have occurred since the COVID-19 pandemic.
24 July 20152015 revised version of the code of practice uploaded. (Source: Current A...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - December 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ICYMI: PhRMA COO Lori Reilly speaks about the health care agenda for the next Congress
With a divided Congress, bipartisan action will be necessary to move the needle on health care policy. On December 7, 2022, PhRMA sponsored the Axios event, “The Post-Midterm Health Care Agenda, ” where I participated in a View from the Top segment with Nicholas Johnston, publisher of Axios. We discussed PhRMA’s focus on passing the PASTEUR Act in the last few weeks of 2022, and laid out PhRMA’s priorities heading into 2023 that will support and protect patients. (Source: The Catalyst)
Source: The Catalyst - December 9, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Lori Reilly Tags: Health Insurance Pharmacy Benefit Managers Policy Solutions Antimicrobial Resistance Government Price Setting Source Type: news
What they are saying: PASTEUR Act can help fight antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing health crisis resulting in nearly 50,000 U.S. deaths each year and1.27 million globally on an annual basis – higher than HIV/AIDS and malaria. To slow and control continued AMR, we need a robust pipeline of novel products, and at the same time we need to ensure they are used only in a limited set of circumstances and in only the most necessary cases. Without new products to address the problem, AMR glo bally could take 10 million lives yearly by 2050. Countless modern medical advances that depend on antibiotics—such as routine surgery, cancer therapy and treatment of chronic ...
Source: The Catalyst - November 30, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Antimicrobial Resistance Source Type: news
