Infectious Disease and Antimicrobial Stewardship

Special edition: online only or limited hybrid In-person attendance.

Special Edition: choose from either: online only or limited hybrid in-person attendance.

Though antimicrobial resistance is an inevitable occurrence, the threat of facing resistant infections, that are at best; difficult and at worst, impossible to treat; has risen exponentially. At the same time, the frequency that intensive care professionals encounter critically ill patients with multi-resistant organisms has also increased over time.

This study day therefore aims to educate delegates by taking them on a journey, to consider some of the many complexities that can be associated with infectious diseases and antimicrobial stewardship, including:

  • The Psychology – Why we prescribe (or don’t prescribe) antibiotics.  Considering the psychology of decision making in antimicrobial therapy, role of peer-group normalisation, fear, and anxiety, and how this is rationalised.
  • Pharmacy Getting the dose right, the role of critical care pharmacists in antimicrobial stewardship. Discussing the importance of getting the dose right, dosing strategies (prolonged infusions vs intermittent bolus), adjustments in enhanced and impaired renal clearance and how this relates to effective antimicrobial actions.
  • Microbiology – What’s new in microbiology and ICU.  Exploring recent developments in microbiological testing, molecular diagnostics, rapid diagnostics for antimicrobial sensitivities, point-of-care microbiology and how these fits with antimicrobial stewardship.

Book now to take advantage of the generosity that bioMerieux has shown by supporting this study day. This in turn, has reduced the cost to delegates, such is the importance of this topic for ICU health professionals and beyond. Full programme and speaker line-up coming soon.

 

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Speakers

Sekina Bakare

Sekina Bakare

Intensive Care Trainee

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Richard Bellamy

Richard Bellamy

Infectious diseases consultant

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Andrew Conway-Morris

Andrew Conway-Morris

Consultant Intensivist

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Thomas  Hellyer

Thomas Hellyer

Clinician scientist in critical care medicine

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Alice Wort

Alice Wort

Consultant Microbiologist

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