Out of 89 patients, 55 met the criteria for sepsis. A NEWS2 score of ≥ 5 in total and/or of 3 in any one of the parameters identified 53 (96 %) of these patients. The result is consistent with earlier ...

This study evaluated the effect of an educational intervention on the laboratory scientists’ knowledge of AMR surveillance, antimicrobial use (AMU), and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in Zambia.

By Victoria Rutter, CEO of the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA) and a member of the Commonwealth Advisory Health Committee. CPA is a Commonwealth-accredited organisation. Antimicrobial ...

Background The National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) includes two oxygen saturation scales; the second adjusts target saturations to 88%–92% for those with hypercapnic respiratory failure. Using this ...

Antimicrobial stewardship programmes have emerged in response to this growing threat and aim to support health-care professionals' adherence to antimicrobial prescribing guidelines. 20 Antimicrobial ...

Background Initial ED assessment can use early warning scores to identify and prioritise patients who need time-critical treatment. We aimed to determine the accuracy of the National Early Warning ...

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents one of the most serious threats to public health. Modelled estimates from 2019 indicate that the burden of AMR is highest in low-income and middle-income ...

Healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistance constitute present and ongoing risks to healthcare resilience. They threaten the safe provision of clinical care and routine surgery; ...

The analysis underpinning infection and antimicrobial resistance trials is also evolving rapidly, particularly in relation to the assessment of antimicrobial selection, antibiotic duration, and the ...

A patient received a red flag if they had a NEWS2 score of 3 in one parameter (such as a systolic blood pressure of ≤90mmHg, a heart rate of ≥130 beats/minute or a respiratory rate of ≥25 ...

Electronic patient records available at OUH included i) inpatient, emergency department and outpatient attendances, ii) inpatient and discharge antimicrobial prescriptions iii) microbiology, ...