antibiotic resistance

Question 1

TLDR of Jim o neil

Answer 1

know that antimicrobial resistance is big issue: huge gdp loss, cause of death many

Question 2

CDC reports and updates

Answer 2

Antimicrobial stewardship: we gotta police AB use; necessary? correct use? duration correct?

Question 3

Be familiar with the bacteria that have AMR or smtg
1. __ resistant Acinetobacter
2. candida __
3. __ producing Enterobacteriaceae
4. __resistant __
5. multidrug resistant p__ a___
6. Methicillin resistant __ __

Answer 3

1. carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter
2. candida auris
3. extended spectrum beta lactamase (ESBL) producing Enterobacteriaceae
4. Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE)
5. multidrug resistant pseudomonas aeruginosa
6. Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Question 4

Antimicrobial stewardship

Answer 4

Antimicrobial stewardship
* Control availability - formulary
* Guidelines – clear/easily available, IT integrated
* Audit use – pharmacists
* Support and educate
* Infection rounds
* Surgical prophylaxis – get it right!
* Diagnostics – still very poor, not timely, not widely available
* Infection prevention
* Hand hygiene
* Line care, catheter care, wound care
* Vaccinate; Influenza, Streptococcus pneumoniae, COVID
* Healthy population, personal health, DM