Nurses are part of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Team

Nurses are part of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Team

Active engagement of nurses in antimicrobial stewardship activities is long-overdue. We can all appreciate the nursing presence in management of antimicrobials in different clinical settings, however there is little to no evidence that supports nurses as antimicrobial stewards. This is partly due to barriers, and knowledge gaps that currently exist in nursing practice. We have created nursing resources to help address some of the knowledge gaps that currently exist.

Active engagement of nurses in antimicrobial stewardship activities is long-overdue. We can all appreciate the nursing presence in management of antimicrobials in different clinical settings, however there is little to no evidence that supports nurses as antimicrobial stewards. This is partly due to barriers, and knowledge gaps that currently exist in nursing practice. We have created nursing resources to help address some of the knowledge gaps that currently exist.

RESEARCH

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Articles Recently Published by the SHS-UHN Antimicrobial Stewardship Program

Research Studies

The following grant funded studies are progressing:

Designing an Effective Outpatient Antimicrobial Stewardship Program to Reduce Unnecessary Antibiotic Use in Primary Care using a Mixed-Methods Collaborative Model.AHSC AFP Innovation Fund. Principal Investigators: Warren McIssac, Andrew Morris. Co-investigators: Chaim Bell, Lianne Jeffs, Jeff Bloom, David Tannenbaum. Funded by AHSC AFP Innovation Fund.

The Development and Testing of a Scaling Strategy for a Community-Based Primary Care Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Utilizing an Innovative University of Toronto Primary Care Testing Platform: the UTOPIAN Practice Based Research Network. Principal Investigators: Warren McIssac. Co-investigators: Andrew Morris, Noah Ivers, Yoshiko Nakamachi. Funded by AHSC AFP Innovation Fund

A Multi-centre Investigation of the Management and Outcomes of Community-onset Escherichia coli Bacteremia. Principal Investigator: Andrew Morris. Co-investigators: Michael Bonares, Sam Thrall, Das Pavani. Funded by PSI Resident Research Grant and SHS DoM Resident Research Grant.

National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS): Feasibility Project. Principal Investigator: Andrew Morris. Co-investigators: Yoshiko Nakamachi. Funded by Becton Dickinson& Company- Canada

The following investigator initiated studies are progressing:

Evaluation of antimicrobial prescribing in the Intensive Care Unit through serial real-time point prevalence audits. Principal Investigators: Linda Dresser. Co-investigators: Josie Hughes, Kevin Duplisea, Mark McIntrye, Sandra Nelson, Chaim Bell, Andrew Morris.

A survey on antimicrobial stewardship content in undergraduate health professions and veterinarian curricula in Canadian and top-ranked universities worldwide. Principal Investigator: Miranda So. Co-investigators: Wayne Gold, Scott Weese, Linda Dresser, Marie Rocchi, Chaim Bell, Lianne Jeffs, Fok-Han Leung, Andrew Morris.