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Andy Stone

@MicroPharmAndy

Lead Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist for @NCAlliance_NHS Husband, Dad, Parkrunner 🏃‍♂️💨 Views all my own

 Manchester, England
Joined November 2018
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Great presentation from @MCPadoveze about the barriers and enablers to Nurses' involvement in AMS. Key barriers were lack of training and confidence, and healthcare culture. We've seen this in the UK too. This could be a global phenomenon! #ESCMIDGlobal2024 #ESCMIDGlobal
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UK #AMR National Action Plan for 2025-29 launched. @BSACandJAC @biainfection @UKCPAPIN @rpharms @ESGAP_ABS @NHSNEY gov.uk/government/news/new-f… – at Seaton Sluice, England
New 5-year plan to combat antimicrobial resistance

New 5-year plan to combat antimicrobial resistance

The government has announced its new national action plan on antimicrobial resistance to protect people and animals from the risk of drug-resistant infections.

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👀💊9/28 is National Penicillin Allergy Day! I devoted much of my career to studying the negative impact of taking a reported penicillin allergy as truth and using alternative antibiotics. Some adverse consequences are preventable through penicillin allergy evaluation 1/3
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Linezolid - the risk of this adverse effect increases with duration of treatment… @stjamesdublin #FOAMed
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7 children have died in the last 3 months in the UK, due to Group A Strep. Here are 11 key facts you need to know about Strep + Scarlet fever:
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Adi@IDdocAdi25 Nov 2022
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1/ Final day #WAAW2022 linked themes: #Antimicrobialresistance and 1.the environment e.g disposal of antibiotics to prevent environmental contamination #AntibioticAmnesty 2.sustainability 3.#OneHealth approaches to tackling AMR 4.Research #AntibioticGuardian #WAAW
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It is World Antibiotic Awareness Week #WAAW2022. I am delighted to share some key insights from the @UKHSA #ESPAUR report - this was a key area of focus by me prior to the pandemic -have handed the baton to @DrDianeAshiru who has delivered a fantastic output & constant engagement
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An important message from @DrKieranHand about World Antimicrobial Awareness Week and how healthcare professionals can take action to #KeepAntibioticsWorking #WAAW @DrDianeAshiru @rpharms @PrimaryCareNHS
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Hera Ali@hera__ali21 Nov 2022
Today was a bit of a whirlwind, started off with a radio interview with @RochValleyRadio all about #AntimicrobialResistance #AntimicrobialStewardship #WAAW2022 with @MicroPharmAndy 💊🎉🦠 - coming soon 📻 – at Brierfield, England
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Welcome to World Antimicrobial Awareness Week #WAAW, #WAAW2022; a global campaign to increase awareness of #antimicrobialresistance as a global issue, promote best practices among the public, health workers & policy-makers. Resources 4 England via: gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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It is World Antimicrobial Awareness Week #WAAW and today we have asked colleagues across the NHS to consider taking important actions that will help address the threat of AMR across entire healthcare systems: england.nhs.uk/publication/w…
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Antimicrobial Resistance is the third-leading underlying cause of death globally. Today is the start of #WorldAntimicrobialAwarenessWeek. Let us commit to working together across borders and sectors to tackle this silent pandemic.
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A renewed focus on diagnostic stewardship. Can't believe I've not seen this paper before. All common sense stuff. Non-infected wounds don't need cultures or Abx! Need good education to prevent overdiagnosis & Rx academic.oup.com/jac/article…
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1/🧵After another long day running a #covidbooster #vaccine clinic today I’m going to give the top 3 recurrent patient concerns some Twitter time as they seem to be bothering people a lot. Thread 🧵 thoughts of a SRO #covidvaccine #bolton. #CovidBooster #Pfizer
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Knowing which pathogens are likely to cause infection in different areas within the body can guide the antimicrobials that are likely to be effective #pharmacyCPD pharmaceutical-journal.com/a…
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Visit one of our walk-in centres this weekend to get your 1st or 2nd dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. No appointment necessary😍 If you are approaching 8 weeks and would like to talk about your second dose please pop down to a centre.✔ #Manchester #COVID19 #vaccinations
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Nearly 200,000 pregnant women in the UK and USA have received a COVID-19 vaccine with no safety concerns raised. We recommend women have the vaccine in pregnancy to protect themselves and their baby from COVID-19. Read more: fal.cn/3hdoL
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We’ve made it easier to get your #COVIDVaccine this #GrabAJab weekend. If you’re aged 18 or over, you can drop in at participating sites.💉 This includes the GM Vaccination Centre at the National Tennis Centre (Etihad Campus) open 8.30am – 6pm, Sat 26 June & Sun 27 June.
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'Whatever your age if you haven't had that first jab make this the weekend when you come and get it.' This weekend #GrabAJab at one of the pop-up centres near you. Find your nearest centre. nhs.uk/grab-a-jab 🎥 : Professor Stephen Powis @NHSEnglandNMD on @BBCBreakfast.
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