Antimicrobial Awareness Week
November 25, 2021
This week we celebrated World Antimicrobial Awareness Week with the theme – Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance’. Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, food security, and development today.
We have been sharing messages in the daily communications bulletin along with pledges from clinicians.
The week culminated with BTC and Sandwell ED being lit up in blue last night (Wednesday 24 November).
What you can do to help – become an antibiotic champion
Anyone who is interested in helping to improve the use of antibiotics at SWB to improve patient care and limit the spread of antibiotic resistance can become a champion.
We expect that champions will do the following:
- Pledge to be an Antibiotic Guardian (antibioticguardian.com)
- Carry out at least one antibiotic champion activity on every shift
- Upload or email details of your activity once a month
- Get at least one other colleague to sign up to be a champion within 6 months
- Promote World Antibiotic Awareness week and talk to colleagues, patients, friends and family about the importance of protecting antibiotics for the future
At SWB we will continue to raise awareness. All of us have an opportunity to make an extra effort to go blue for AMR, raise awareness and tackle the issue. Each and every one of us at SWB must be part of the solution to stop antimicrobial resistance and avert the silent pandemic.
Be sure to check out this short video featuring Tranprit Saluja, consultant microbiologist and antimicrobial stewardship lead taking about the importance spreading of antimicrobial awareness.
Antibiotics quiz: If you haven’t done so already, be sure to have a go at our antibiotic quiz. The person who gets the most answers correct will be entered into a draw to win some Love2Shop vouchers. You can complete the quiz by clicking here.