Mandy Slatter

💊 What influences hospital clinicians' decisions on prescribing short antibiotic courses? 📖: mdpi.com/2226-4787/13/2… Authors: Wilcock, M. et al. #AntibioticStewardship #InfectiousDiseases #HospitalMedicine #Pharmacy

Can you imagine a world where our antibiotics don’t work when we need them? This is already happening due to antimicrobial resistance. We need your help to stop it. It will take action from us all to #KeepAntibioticsWorking 📅 Save the date: 7 April public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKHPA…

The NIHR-supported Pharmacy Professionals Incubator has launched a survey to explore the challenges faced by pharmacy professionals to lead and deliver research. Find out more and take part below 👇

@QIPharmacist @nessmarathon Uzo you always need cake! Congratulations- fabulous achievement 👏

Delighted to announce our first Consultant Pharmacist in Antimicrobial Stewardship plymouthhospitals.pagetiger.com/recruitmentjob… Applications encouraged from both existing consultant pharmacists and those looking to credential in 12-24 months. @uhppharmacy @docfok @elizbeech @RichardCattell1

Friendly reminder to new trainees: ignore the "that urine smells like a UTI" It's not part of the diagnostic criteria for UTI! Urine can smell from dehydration, food, meds, etc The "sniff test" for UTI: - PPV 54% for bacteriuria - PPV 28% for pyuria #R2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

🆕️🔥SCOUT RCT🔥🆕️ Short-course[5d] vs standard-course[5d+5d] therapy for children with urinary tract infection An exception for #shorterisbetter ? @BradSpellberg #IDTwitter jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

Our foray into penicillin allergy de-labelling published. UK pharmacist-led study supported by three great junior doctors. We are refining the patient pathway so that more patients will have opportunity to be tested. Watch this space...@j_sandoe @Dr_Shuayb clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-…

Ridiculously excited about the programme tomorrow. Cant wait! bsac.org.uk/uti-conference…

👇Reminder there are 6 days left to complete this survey tinyurl.com/28sakx3v. Have had a great response so far - thank you! Would love to have more especially from unregistered pharmacy staff, pharmacy techs, community pharmacy & primary care 🙏

Women's Midnight Walk 2023 dorothyhouse.enthuse.com/pf/mandy-slatt…

Here's the latest South West Pharmacy Research Network newsletter. Please read, share & most importantly, come & join us! sway.office.com/uzlIKnjFeozDRv… @SarahJPharm @olahow @QIPharmacist @anneka_mitchell @JScottUoB @PharmUnivBath @LifeScienceBath @Pt_ellen @vickyPWDS @TimRendell

📢 📢📢 We are delighted to announce that we have begun to assemble a team for UTI WikiGuideline. Join us to create guidelines with the humility of uncertainty. Use the link below to begin the process by April 9, 2023 forms.office.com/r/Tyb8R0iM8X #MedTwitter #IDTwitter

Hoping to do some crowd sourcing on interest on developing a new @Wiki_Guidelines for urinary tract infections!! It has been over a decade since IDSA released “uncomplicated” cystitis/pyelo and catheter-associated guidelines! @ABsteward @BradSpellberg #IDTwitter

@QIPharmacist @RUH_Pharmacy @NHutchJones Congratulations Nathan! Great piece of work.

@Caro_Quinn1 @BSW_Trainees Brilliant!

If Twitter ends tonight, my last message would be don’t treat a “positive urine culture” without symptoms

The team @RUH_Pharmacy are educating and spreading awareness about #antimicrobialresistance @RUHBath before it’s too late. You can find the AMS team outside the Lansdown at lunch all week where you can enter our quiz for a £30 prize #WAAW #AntibioticGuardian

World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness week starts Nov.18! #WAAW2022 Help spread the word about the crisis of #AMR and what you can do about it. Share our infographic. Find out about different projects OHT is working on to #fightAMR here: onehealthtrust.org/research-areas…