CUH Antimicrobial Stewardship

📢 Launching our Antimicrobial Prescribing Documentation Drive @CUH_Cork #getitdone #keepantibioticsworking @drcsadlier @DrJacksonCork @Lornajquigley @BarrettMarita @NiallOMara @JamesAJDonnelly

#StopSepsis #SaveLives ⁦@WorldSepsisDay⁩ ⁦@NationalQPS⁩ ⁦@ceconroy⁩ ⁦@ROCathasaigh⁩ ⁦@YvonneCYoung⁩ ⁦@tonysmith515⁩ ⁦@Lornajquigley⁩ ⁦@denisemmccarthy⁩ ⁦@NualaClarke8⁩ ⁦@SineadHorgan1⁩ ⁦⁦@roinnslainte⁩

Paediatrics CUH promoting recognition of Sepsis in Paediatrics Key learning for everyone @CUH_Cork @CHI_Ireland @SineadHorgan1 @CUH_DPS_team @denisemmccarthy @NualaClarke8 @uccnursmid

@drcsadlier thank you for presenting our work. #AMS team effort.

Such a fantastic opportunity to attend ECCMID. So many inspiring talks from all over the world #AMS #ECCMID2023 #Copenhagen #keepantibioticsworking

An underrated reason to go from IV to Po antibiotics is nursing time required to prepare and administer them: 💊 PO 80 seconds 💉 IV 22 minutes According to @jabicjenkins this time in motion data will help to convince non-stewards to support this important initiative #ECCMID23

Vaccinations protect individuals against diseases that could have serious consequences for their health. Here are 3 examples of serious health threats that could be prevented by vaccinations. #EUVaccinationPortal #EVIP #vaccineswork

The best 'antibiotic' for recurrent UTI is a prescription for... Water 💦💦💦 +1.5 L/day associated with ~1/2 the number of UTIs and antibiotic courses jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai… via @AngelaHuttner #ECCMID23

Opening ceremony ⁦@ESCMID⁩ To tackle global issues of emerging infections and antimicrobial resistance we must work together as a global community in education, training, research & innovation #ECCMID2023

🌟The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making🌟 #IDTwitter ahrq.gov/antibiotic-use…

Looking forward to Lunch & Learn on Jan 24th at 1pm hosting Marita Barrett delivering expertise on Antimicrobials and Health Promotion Officer Teresa McElhinney advising on wellbeing @CUH_Cork supported by @uccnursmid. Tools to assist in sharing knowledge and maintaining health.

A big celebration on 4A today in CUH , marking 365 days without a Cardiac Arrest on their ward. Team work at it's best. Well done to all MDT members a great achievement.@CUH_Cork @CUH_AMS @cuh_hscp @SLT_CUH @Yasserkayyal_MD @mariejacork

Role of hospital antimicrobial and infectious diseases pharmacists in the UK: a theoretically underpinned exploration academic.oup.com/jacamr/article…

Data presented at #infection2022 showing value of pneumococcal vaccine as a useful and available tool to reduce antibitoic use and resistance.

#OPAT #winners Congrats to OPAT nurses (Fiona Guidera and Liz Forde): 1st prize in Cork City Learning Awards: Further Education Award; SPARK-funded collaboration with Cork College of FET to make semi-animated educational patient videos @CUH_AMS @CUH_Cork @Mercycork @mercy_nursing

@Pharmacy_UCC @UCCPharmSoc @PhilbinMarie @UCC @PerrigoCompany @UCCPharmSoc @allegedlyaoife delighted to display some of the great #AMS posters in CUH today for #eaad2022 and #WAAW2022

@uccpharmsoc organised a European Antimicrobial Awareness Day & #WAAW2022 event to display student infographics sharing #keepantibioticsworking messages.@philbinmarie highlighted Antimicrobial Stewardship & the value of students sharing this information @UCC @PerrigoCompany

It really was #AMSforall in @CUH_Cork today. Great support from all staff. Thanks #AMRIC @EllenMa53466811 @PhilbinMarie for the #EAAD2022 promotional goodies. A special thank you to our pharmacists and technicians who braved the cold to #KeepAntibioticsWorking at the stand today

We say goodbye to the very special @ElmarieCottrell from @CUH_Cork today as she goes to lead out on HMMS - the National Hospital Pharmacy system. Sad to lose her but great to have a strong leader in such a key post for hospital pharmacy

Great to have the #EAAD2022 promotional event packs from HSE #AMRIC this year to promote European Antibiotic Awareness day in CUMH #RESIST #KeepAntibioticsWorking

A hub of activity, information and advice at the stand at main entrance @CUH_Cork @CUH_AMS #amsforall food for thought on safe use of antibiotics. @eimeartb @Lornajquigley @deelyn01 @BridAOSullivan @drcsadlier @mikecuh

Happy European Antibiotic Awareness Day to all healthcare workers! Remember you are all antimicrobial stewards and have a role to #keepantibioticsworking. HSE AMS guidance gives you lots of eg in ch 1. #EAAD 🧵