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Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities/Programs in the United Kingdom
Since first identified in late 2019, the acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) and the resulting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has overwhelmed healthcare systems worldwide, often diverting key resources in a bid to meet unprecedented challenges. To measure its impact on nation...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7912640/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33498716 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10020110 |
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author | Ashiru-Oredope, Diane Kerr, Frances Hughes, Stephen Urch, Jonathan Lanzman, Marisa Yau, Ting Cockburn, Alison Patel, Rakhee Sheikh, Adel Gormley, Cairine Chavda, Aneeka Vaghela, Tejal Phillips, Ceri Reid, Nicholas Brady, Aaron |
author_facet | Ashiru-Oredope, Diane Kerr, Frances Hughes, Stephen Urch, Jonathan Lanzman, Marisa Yau, Ting Cockburn, Alison Patel, Rakhee Sheikh, Adel Gormley, Cairine Chavda, Aneeka Vaghela, Tejal Phillips, Ceri Reid, Nicholas Brady, Aaron |
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description | Since first identified in late 2019, the acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) and the resulting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has overwhelmed healthcare systems worldwide, often diverting key resources in a bid to meet unprecedented challenges. To measure its impact on national antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) activities, a questionnaire was designed and disseminated to antimicrobialstewardship leads in the United Kingdom (UK). Most respondents reported a reduction in AMS activity with 64% (61/95) reporting that COVID-19 had a negative impact on routine AMS activities. Activities reported to have been negatively affected by the pandemic include audit, quality improvement initiatives, education, AMS meetings, and multidisciplinary working including ward rounds. However, positive outcomes were also identified, with technology being increasingly used as a tool to facilitate stewardship, e.g., virtual meetings and ward rounds and increased the acceptance of using procalcitonin tests to distinguish between viral and bacterial infections. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the AMS activities undertaken across the UK. The long-term impact of the reduced AMS activities on incidence of AMR are not yet known. The legacy of innovation, use of technology, and increased collaboration from the pandemic could strengthen AMS in the post-pandemic era and presents opportunities for further development of AMS. |
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spelling | pubmed-79126402021-02-28 Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities/Programs in the United Kingdom Ashiru-Oredope, Diane Kerr, Frances Hughes, Stephen Urch, Jonathan Lanzman, Marisa Yau, Ting Cockburn, Alison Patel, Rakhee Sheikh, Adel Gormley, Cairine Chavda, Aneeka Vaghela, Tejal Phillips, Ceri Reid, Nicholas Brady, Aaron Antibiotics (Basel) Article Since first identified in late 2019, the acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) and the resulting coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has overwhelmed healthcare systems worldwide, often diverting key resources in a bid to meet unprecedented challenges. To measure its impact on national antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) activities, a questionnaire was designed and disseminated to antimicrobialstewardship leads in the United Kingdom (UK). Most respondents reported a reduction in AMS activity with 64% (61/95) reporting that COVID-19 had a negative impact on routine AMS activities. Activities reported to have been negatively affected by the pandemic include audit, quality improvement initiatives, education, AMS meetings, and multidisciplinary working including ward rounds. However, positive outcomes were also identified, with technology being increasingly used as a tool to facilitate stewardship, e.g., virtual meetings and ward rounds and increased the acceptance of using procalcitonin tests to distinguish between viral and bacterial infections. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the AMS activities undertaken across the UK. The long-term impact of the reduced AMS activities on incidence of AMR are not yet known. The legacy of innovation, use of technology, and increased collaboration from the pandemic could strengthen AMS in the post-pandemic era and presents opportunities for further development of AMS. MDPI 2021-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7912640/ /pubmed/33498716 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10020110 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ashiru-Oredope, Diane Kerr, Frances Hughes, Stephen Urch, Jonathan Lanzman, Marisa Yau, Ting Cockburn, Alison Patel, Rakhee Sheikh, Adel Gormley, Cairine Chavda, Aneeka Vaghela, Tejal Phillips, Ceri Reid, Nicholas Brady, Aaron Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities/Programs in the United Kingdom |
title | Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities/Programs in the United Kingdom |
title_full | Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities/Programs in the United Kingdom |
title_fullStr | Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities/Programs in the United Kingdom |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities/Programs in the United Kingdom |
title_short | Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities/Programs in the United Kingdom |
title_sort | assessing the impact of covid-19 on antimicrobial stewardship activities/programs in the united kingdom |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7912640/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33498716 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10020110 |
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