Callum Ryan

Fantastic engagement from staff who attended the recent #EAAD event at Killarney Community Hospital #KeepAntibioticsWorking

👩‍⚕️Many antibiotics are no longer effective against some bacteria – which means more disease for us to fight ➡️Using antibiotics only when needed can help stop this happening ℹ️Learn more: www2.hse.ie/medicines/anti… #KeepAntibioticsWorking

An online survey is being conducted to investigate General Dental Practitioner's views & experiences of Antimicrobial use and Antimicrobial Resistance. We invite practicing Dental Practitioners to participate in this anonymised online survey shorturl.at/hreAQ

👏👏Fantastic improvement across @HSELive Older Persons Residential units on safe usage of antibiotics. 👏👏Thank you to our Antimicrobial Pharmacists & IPC Nurse specialists who led the change: ✅Clear guidelines ✅Staff training ✅Monthly monitoring @lakelandhouse @ailapr

Shows strength of national IPCAMS team providing leadership and support and collaborating with regional AMS pharmacists and quality and safety teams across the country in delivering improvements in antibiotic use across the board. Joined up thinking! @NationalQPS @eimeartb

In line with Patient Safety Day theme this year, Skip the Dip is especially relevant to improve diagnosis of UTI in older people and reduce unnecessary antibiotic use. See antibioticprescribing.ie for more info @NationalQPS #QIreland #patientsafety @eimeartb

📢The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) teams have launched a new online catalogue for staff ℹ️Staff can posters and leaflets, as well as info on multi-drug resistant organisms, outbreak management and prescribing guidelines - maith sibh!

Lots of new updates to Genital Conditions content on our website. Visit our What's New for these and all our updates. bit.ly/3qwE3dN

Disposal of nutritional drinks and fluids in hand-hygiene sinks promote the growth of #CPE. This needs to be addressed in clinical practice ⁦@aoifeky⁩ ⁦@thebotmechanic⁩ ⁦@IPS_Infection⁩ ⁦@IPSRnD⁩ ⁦@RCSI_Micro⁩ #infectionprevention #IPC #IPSROIBranch

Talking about dental antibiotic stewardship to avoid Cdiff-ogenic antibiotics @Dentistry_UoM @theAMRnarrative @TheBDA @CGDent @fdiworlddental @Leanne_Teoh @Sudamonas

New update - Antibiotic Prophylaxis of Infective Endocarditis for Dental Procedures. Visit our What's New page for this new update and for all updates bit.ly/3qwE3dN @hselive;@hpscireland;@ICGPnews;@MalaShah11;@BallySnr;@callumryanmpsi

Delighted to see Antibiticprescribing.ie listed as the preferred prescribing guidance website by GPs. Full article available bjgpopen.org/content/7/4/BJ…

New update - advice for GPs on the management of acute dental pain. Visit our What's New page for this and all updates bit.ly/3qwE3dN @hseliv;@hpscireland;@ICGPnews;@MalaShah11;@BallySnr;

New update on Macrolide Warnings. Visit our What's New page for this and all updates bit.ly/3qwE3dN @hselive;@hpscireland;@ICGPnews;@MalaShah11;@BallySnr

📢Cork Kerry Community Healthcare staff members have been visiting residential care facilities to share info on the ‘SKIP the DIP' campaign, which aims to reduce the levels of inappropriate prescribing for urinary tract infections (UTIs) in people aged 65+ #KeepAntibioticsWorking

Thank to the Dental Expert Advisory Group members for their input to these reviews, and my community-based antimicrobial pharmacist colleagues @callumryanmpsi and @foran_roisin for leading out on this set of guideline reviews.

New updates on Dental and Oral Infections. Visit our What's New page for this and all updates bit.ly/3qwE3dN @hselive; @hpscireland;@ICGPnews; @MalaShah11;@BallySnr;@NationalNmic;@gpbuddy;@PharmaBuddyIRE;@IIOPharmacy;@IrishPharmacy;

New updates on Drug interactions pages. Visit our What's New page for this and all updates bit.ly/3qwE3dN @hselive @hpscireland @ICGPnews @MalaShah11 @BallySnr @NationalNmic @gpbuddy @PharmaBuddyIRE @IIOPharmacy @IrishPharmacy

Great to meet the team today at Tralee Community Nursing Unit to talk about #AMS and #skipthedip @callumryanmpsi @nagolettenna @CorkKerryCH @eleanormcc26 @MalaShah11

Delighted to meet the team in Kinsale Community Hospital on Friday to discuss our #skipthedip campaign @PatSheehan___ @nagolettenna @CorkKerryCH @eleanormcc26 @MalaShah11