External AMS & AMR resources

General AMS and AMR resources

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Nursing Home Antimicrobial Stewardship Guide
• GOV.UK Infectious diseases
• NHS Scotland Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection
• Public Health England Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
• Public Health Scotland Compendium of Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) guidance
• Public Health Wales Healthcare Associated Infection & Antimicrobial Resistance Programme
• UK Government and Wellcome Trust Tackling Drug-Resistant Infections Globally
• UKHSA Healthcare associated infections (HCAI): guidance, data and analysis
• UKHSA Standards for microbiology investigations: collection

Journals

Here are some useful journals:

• British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC),
• Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)
• ESCMID elibrary and databases
• Lancet Infectious Diseases,
• Pharmaceutical Journal (PJ)

Organisations

Organisations who contribute to antimicrobial stewardship and/or the appropriate use of antibiotics. These organisations focus on infection management, research, microbiology, clinical disease specialists, government and international agencies, and charities.

• Antibiotic Guardian
• Antibiotic Research UK
• British HIV Association (BHIVA)
• British Infection Association (BIA)
• British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC)
• British Thoracic Society
• Children’s HIV Association (CHIVA)
• Healthcare Infection Society (HIS)
• Infection Prevention Society
• International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
• Microbiology Society
• Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)
• Society for Applied Microbiology
• Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TAFTAR)
• UK Sepsis Trust
• World Health Organisation (WHO).

Networks

Get involved with AMS related professional networks:

• AmEAG
• International Scientific Forum on Home Hygiene
• Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union
• Pharmacy Infection Network Group
• Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG)

Initiatives and campaigns

The World Health Organisation World Antibiotics Awareness Week (WAAW) and the European Antibiotics Awareness Day (EAAD) occur in November each year.

Details of other AMS initiatives and campaigns can be found below:

• Antibiotic Guardian - pledge to become an 'Antibiotic Guardian'.
• British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Stop superbugs
• European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) European Antibiotics Awareness Day (EAAD)
• Health Education England Sepsis Awareness
• Keep Antibiotics Working - British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, in collaboration with UK Medical Schools
• Public Health England Antibiotic awareness resources
• Public Health England Keep Antibiotics Working
• Society of Critical Care Medicine Surviving Sepsis Campaign
• UKHSA World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) and European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD)
• World Health Organisation World Antibiotics Awareness Week (WAAW)