CMJAH Internal Medicine Academic Meeting
Date: 24 November 2023 @ 08:00
Unit: Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
Chair: Dr Sarah Stacey
Presenters:
Dr Teena Thomas, Clinical Microbiologist at the NHLS Infection Control Laboratory at CMJAH will present MDRO rates at CMJAH and discuss strategies to reduce AMR in healthcare facilities as well as the current AMS activities currently in place.
Dr Lyle Murray, ID specialist at CMJAH, will talk about how to maximise the yield from the clinicians relationship with the microbiology team, a relationship that is integral to combating AMR.
Antoinette Moolman, Infection Control nurse extraordinaire, will present the results of the Global Point Prevalence Survey conducted in October at CMJAH, so we can understand how many antimicrobials we’re prescribing, which ones and why.
Tahir Ismail, CMJAH pharmacy’s AMS activist, will discuss the core role of the pharmacy team in AMS activities at healthcare facilities and how the pharmacy plans to expand its clinical function in the new year.