WHO and GIPC released new documents and materials
WHO released new documents and materials to promote Infection control and Antimicrobial awareness which can be helpful to support our actions:
GIPC Network page on the WHO web pages! http://www.who.int/infection-prevention/about/GIPC_Network/en/ We are very pleased that this will allow your supporting organizations to be recognised by WHO
new features including a Focus on AMR. On this page new posters are hosted http://www.who.int/infection-prevention/tools/focus-amr/en/ and soon on the "Evidence - Focus on AMR" page the new CRE guidelines will be hosted
- The Lancet GH commentary can now be found here, please share it widely, this is just the start of our collaborative working in making IPC priorities and programmes a reality
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(17)30427-8/fulltext
- WHO EURO now has a top story on IPC and AMR, posted at http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention/antimicrobial-resistance/news/news/2017/11/every-infection-prevented-is-an-antibiotic-treatment-avoided. The story mentions and links the Lancet GH article on IPC. They have also posted a country story on Turkey that mentions IPC and hand hygiene as a way to control AMR spread – see http://www.euro.who.int/en/countries/turkey/news/news/2017/11/turkey-takes-strong-action-to-reduce-antibiotic-consumption-and-resistance
- European Antibiotic Awareness Day will take place as normal on 18 Nov and their # is #keepantibioticsworking https://antibiotic.ecdc.europa.eu/en Other regions are working hard to raise awareness too and CDC are also supporting efforts https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/week/overview.html And colleagues in the Americas are publishing an article in ICHE - Antibiotic Awareness Week and Hospital Antimicrobial Use Point Prevalence Study
- A Global declaration on appropriate use of antimicrobial agents across the surgical pathway has been published and colleagues in this surgical alliance asked us to share this with you http://online.liebertp