Objectives Previously, web-based tools for cross-sectional antimicrobial point prevalence
surveys (PPSs) have been used in adults to develop indicators of quality improvement. We …

Objectives Since electronic prescribing is limited to few hospitals, point prevalence surveys,
such as the standardized European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption point …

Background GPs are urged to prescribe antibiotics less frequently, despite lack of evidence
linking reduced antibiotic prescribing with reductions in resistance at a local level. Aim To …

Objectives To assess and compare the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS)
interventions recommended within the national AMS toolkits, TARGET and Start Smart Then …

Background The National Health Service England, Commissioning for Quality and Innovation
for Antimicrobial Resistance (CQUIN AMR) aims to reduce the total antibiotic consumption …

Background Blood biomarkers have the potential to help identify COVID-19 patients with
bacterial coinfection in whom antibiotics are indicated. During the COVID-19 pandemic, …

Objectives: We do not know how representative reported levels of resistance to antibiotics in
urinary tract infections (UTIs) are as there is wide variation in the rate of urine specimens …

Background Lateral flow tests (LFTs) have been used to screen for SARS-CoV2 in Wales
since January 2021. Between May and August 2021, adult care home staff policy was for …

For pyrolysis mass spectrometry (PyMS) to be exploited in areas such as the routine
identification of microorganisms, for quantifying determinands in biological and biotechnological …

Objective: To investigate the effects of laboratory testing policies, particularly selective testing,
rule-based reporting and isolate identification, on estimates of community antimicrobial …