With world leaders gathering for the UN High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance in New York, BSAC President, @raseaton66, spoke to @ITNBusiness about the urgent need for action on #AMR

RT @FlemingCentre: 'Patient and public involvement and engagement to improve impact on antimicrobial resistance'. Read the new @NatureComms….

Global Antimicrobial Stewardship Scheme update: BSAC is delighted to announce that NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (@NHSGGC) have been awarded GAMSAS level 3 accreditation

The #TrinityChallenge Youth Summit & funding competition 2025 is coming!.🗓️ 14 Jan 2025.💡 Topic: "How can we ensure effective use of antibiotics in the food chain?".Join young leaders & innovators. Register today:

The Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Conference 2025 is taking place online 4 & 5 February 2025. Have you registered your free place yet? #ACC2025.

After a brilliant first day, it's day two of the BSAC Winter Conference. #Infection2024: Policy into Practice. For programme and details of joining us online see here: .

Good Morning! Today marks the beginning of the BSAC Winter Conference #Infection2024: Policy into Practice. The first session starts soon - for programme and details of joining us online see here:

‘By standardising stability testing guidelines, we can broaden treatment options for patients with serious infections, improve clinical outcomes, advance antimicrobial stewardship, and reduce healthcare costs.’ @b_fekade @jasonroberts_pk @CRE_RESPOND.

BSAC is delighted to announce that another two healthcare organisations have been accredited by our Global Antimicrobial Stewardship Scheme. Noble’s Hospital, Manx Care, on the Isle of Man has achieved Level Two accreditation and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation.

Great news. Thanks to a grant from Stop Superbugs the Ubora Foundation Africa trained 30 student AMR champions and 10 teacher patrons in Uganda. Together, they established AMR clubs in 10 schools, promoting awareness and prevention of antimicrobial resistance. #WAAW2024 #WAAW24

We’re pleased to support the @TrinityChall and the announcement of the #TrinityChallenge Youth Competition winners! 7 teams from around the world won funding to deliver campaigns on #AMR and WASH & Schools, working to mitigate the #AntibioticEmergency.

RT @UKAMREnvoy: Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest global health challenges we face and without action 39m lives could be lost….

Excited to announce that Andrew Gwynne MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention, will be speaking at our Winter Conference on 4th December 2024. If you haven’t yet secured your spot, act quickly to ensure your place:

BSAC is pleased to announce that another healthcare organisation has been accredited by our Global Antimicrobial Stewardship Scheme (GAMSAS). Al-Sultan Abdullah Hospital, a state-funded university hospital in Malaysia, has achieved Level Two accreditation.

'Millions of lives could be saved if the world would only consider more innovative ways to help poorer nations tackle #AMR.' Could debt relief help stop the spread of deadly drug-resistant infections?

RT @TsioutisC: Just published @BSACandJAC massive review with important implications for clinical practice, analyzing bactericidal & bacter….

An overview of evidence on healthcare professionals’ & patients’ views of the use of POCTs in the management of acute respiratory tract infections in primary care:.@hoste_melanie @BorekAleksandra @MartaSantillo @SKGTonkinCrine @sibylanthierens #JACNews.

“Ceftazidime/avibactam is a valuable treatment option for complicated hepatobiliary infections, by achieving proper concentrations in bile fluid”.@OUPMedicine @OxfordJournals #JACNews.

This study shows a 2g cefiderocol dose achieves plasma concentrations sufficient to treat relevant bacterial species. Assuming a comparable PK/PD target, sufficient concentrations would also be achieved in soft tissues.@OUPMedicine @OxfordJournals #JACNews.

In Enterobacterales bacteraemia treated with amikacin, higher MIC was linked to increased mortality, supporting new CLSI breakpoints:.@OUPMedicine @OxfordJournals #JACNews.

“Our study aims to synthesize current evidence on the effects of TDM-guided piperacillin dosing on pharmacokinetic target attainment and clinical outcomes in critically ill CRRT patients”.@OUPMedicine @OxfordJournals #JACNews.