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ESCMID Webinar for WAAW 2022: "Enhancing antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention for the control of AMR"

  • 22 Nov 2022
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

This 90-minute virtual event will be free of charge and open to all participants and will emphasize the importance of a multifaceted approach to the mitigation of AMR by having talks on antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), infection control as well as preventing of antimicrobial resistance in low resource settings.

There is no registration required, a direct link to join will be posted on the ESCMID Website before the event: https://www.escmid.org/research-projects/fighting-resistance/world-antimicrobial-awareness-week

Programme

 

Introduction – Robert Skov (ESCMID President-elect), Julia Bielicki (St. George University of London)

 

  1. AMS to ensure rational use of antibiotics- the need for multidisciplinarity (Jeroen Schouten, Radboud University Hospital, Nijmegen, ESGAP)
  2. Collaboration between laboratory and physicians - Diagnostics as facilitators for stewardship (Giulia De Angelis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
  3. Prevention of transmission of microorganisms: – an important partnership between IPC and antimicrobial stewardship (Benedetta Allegranzi, WHO)
  4. Importance of social science to ensure sustained impact (Fabi Lorencatto, University College of London)
  5. Antibiotic stewardship in low resource setting (Mirfin Mpundu, ReAct Africa)

 

20-minute Q&A/panel discussion – All faculty

 

Conclusion – Robert Skov (ESCMID President-elect), Julia Bielicki (St. George University of London)


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