Publish date: 22 November 2021
The Antimicrobial Awareness campaign aims to encourage best practice among the general public, health workers and policy makers. We have put together some useful information for colleagues about urinary tract infections (UTIs) which you can find on YourSpace. We have added some additional clinical training documents on urine sampling and dipstick testing along with PHE flowcharts for diagnosis.
Take a look at the Antibiotic Guardian website and watch the two minute video to illustrate how antimicrobial resistance relates to you- will you make your pledge to use antimicrobials with care?
The ESPAUR Report 2020 to 21 was published last week, antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections fell in 2020 for the first time since 2016 but the proportion of infections that were resistant to antibiotics has increased since 2016.