How GPs can avoid overprescribing We need to use our current antibiotics more wisely, write Professor Paul Glasziou and Assistant Professor Mina Bakhit.
‘Never been a worse time’ for pharmacy prescribing to expand South Australia has announced during World AMR Awareness Week that community pharmacists will soon be able to prescribe antibiotics to treat UTIs.
Respiratory-related antimicrobial prescribing ‘too high’: AURA 2023 Hundreds of Australians die each year due to drug-resistant infections exacerbated by antimicrobial overuse, according to the ACSQHC.
In Practice: NDIS information sessions The NDIA is running online information sessions throughout November to help GPs navigate changes to the early childhood approach.
In Practice: DoH seeks feedback on how it provides information Healthcare professionals have been asked to complete a 10-minute survey exploring how they would like to receive departmental updates.
Wastewater confirms high level of antimicrobial resistance in aged care More than 90 resistant E. coli isolates were identified from just three facilities, suggesting concerning rates among one of Australia’s most vulnerable groups.
Reduced risks in WA pharmacy prescribing trial Pharmacy prescribing is going ahead in WA but the collective efforts of the RACGP and AMA have resulted in safer prescribing protocols.
NSW pharmacy prescribing trial expands More than 1000 pharmacies are now able to assess UTI treatments, with details of the clinical trial linked to the project yet to be published.
Trickling antibiotic pipeline leads to superbug warning The world is facing an inevitable antimicrobial resistance crisis, the co-author of a new report analysing recent research efforts has said.
Alert issued over antibiotic-resistant gastro Doctors have called the drug-resistant infections a reminder about the public health threat posed by antimicrobial resistance.