NOVEMBER 2024
EDITION 36
ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE AWARENESS WEEK 2024
NSLHD will celebrate World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week during 18 - 24 November 2024.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to antimicrobial medicines.
As a result, antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines become ineffective, making infections harder or impossible to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness, and death.
Up to a third of NSLHD inpatients are on an antimicrobial at any one time. The antimicrobials prescribed, dispensed and administered must be evidence-based and aligned with local or national guidelines. Prescriptions should have a documented indication, duration or review date, and our patients must be informed of the antimicrobial plan and potential side effects.
Visit the AMR Awareness stalls during AMR awareness week at RNSH (19 Nov), HKH and Ryde Hospital, participate in an online quiz for your chance to win a prize.
More information will be shared via the all-staff email weekly bulletin in the coming weeks.
To learn more: Visit the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care Visit the NSLHD Antimicrobial Stewardship intranet page Bugs and Drugs*
We all have a part to play to help reduce antibiotic resistance.
View the AMR Awareness Week video by the World Health Organisation
Preventing and Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infection Standard
* Access to the intranet page requires access to the NSW Health network
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