Excellent first day attending #BSACSpring2024. Delighted to be presenting our #QI work on #sustainable #IVOST & #AMS roles of #pharmacytechnicians. Great to connect with other #AMS #pharmacists BSAC NHSGGC - Pharmacy Services NHSGGC - Realistic Medicine ASAP Group SAPG

#AMR not recorded on medical certification of death and infection rarely so - ⁦⁦Ioannis Baltas⁩ investigating this at scale via a large population based data linkage study #BSACspring2024

Great QI work from Rachael Rodger NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Medicines Update -> Go Green IVOST (part one Metronidazole) saving nursing time, drug cost and reducing carbon 👣 #bsacspring2024

That brings the BSAC Spring Conference & AGM #BSACSpring2024 to a close. Huge thanks to all those who attended. We wish you all a safe journey home and look forward to seeing you at our Winter Conference #BSACWinter2024 on 4-5th December (save the date!)

Delighted to share our first paper from Malawi-Wales Antimicrobial Pharmacist partnership outlining our inaugural #CwPAMS 1.5 project: Pharmacist-Led Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme in Two Tertiary Hospitals in Malawi 🇲🇼 mdpi.com/2801104 Antibiotics MDPI

BSAC welcomes new Lancet series calling for sustainable access to effective antibiotics; supports its recommendations, while pointing to the need for assurances that the core principles of antimicrobial stewardship are promoted and maintained. bsac.org.uk/bsac-welcomes-…

Are you responsible for infection management? Learn how to use Point Prevalence Surveys (PPS) to measure antibiotic consumption, assess antibiotic prescribing, and fight #AMR in this accredited #BSACPPS course! 💊 Don't miss out 👇 ow.ly/k2Zq50KyQft

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major barrier to sustainable access to antibiotics. On the cover, a Lancet Series spotlights this global issue & how existing infection prevention methods could save 750,000 lives a year: hubs.li/Q02z2BvW0

Pleased to be the Guest Editor for this Special Issue; if you are doing research within this area please consider this opportunity ⁦Pharmacoepi Health Care Research Group (SIPBS)⁩ ⁦StrathPharm&Bio⁩ ⁦Health and Care Futures at Strathclyde⁩ ⁦SAPG⁩ #AMR

Thrilled to share that I have been promoted to a Professor. Immense gratitude to my incredible research group colleagues Pharmacoepi Health Care Research Group (SIPBS) and the wider colleagues for their unwavering support and collaboration. Here's to many more milestones together! StrathPharm&Bio

Making a case for OPAT BSAC Mark Gilchrist academic.oup.com/jac/advance-ar…

New evidence around the long term Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the utilisation and quality of antibiotic use in Scotland showing no apparent significant impact andrew seaton SAPG Pharmacoepi Health Care Research Group (SIPBS) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Are you responsible for infection management? Learn how to use Point Prevalence Surveys (PPS) to measure antibiotic consumption, assess antibiotic prescribing, and fight #AMR in this accredited #BSACPPS course! 💊 Don't miss out 👇 ow.ly/k2Zq50KyQft

OPAT increasing in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿- opportunities, challenges and threats exist. andrew seaton describing the experiences to date. #opat2024 BSAC

Positive impact of a clinical network and funding on OPAT clinical activity in Scotland - #opat2024 BSAC Graham Ellis Scot Gov Health

Latana Munang describing increase in hospital at home activity across nhs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 BUT huge variation in access /service delivery ⁦BSAC⁩ ⁦Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow⁩ #opat2024

Katie McIntyre & Claire Mackintosh RIDU_NHSLothian NHS Lothian Antimicrobial Stewardship demonstrating how patient centred OPAT care supports the most vulnerable groups #opat2024 BSAC

New evidence on the long term Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the utilization and quality of #antibiotic use in the primary care setting in England, March 2019–March 2023 andrew seaton jacqui sneddon Diane Ashiru, PhD SAPG Pharmacoepi Health Care Research Group (SIPBS) Health and Care Futures at Strathclyde tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Focusing on #NorthAfrica, the #Gulf and the #MiddleEast. The 3-week #AMSMiddleEast course can provide valuable, region-specific insight to #HCPs who want to tackle the spread of #AMR and improve #AMS in their practice. Join 3,000 other learners today 👇 ow.ly/FJP950KLmOJ

First publication on this exciting initiative from BSAC and UoAEpidemiology