| CODE | NUR5145 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Antimicrobial Stewardship: Managing Antibiotics Resistance | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Nursing | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Designed for healthcare professionals, this study unit will inform healthcare professionals 鈥� and empower them to provide 鈥� safe, high-quality antibiotic use. Through this study-unit participants should be able to understand core competencies of antimicrobial stewardship and how they can be applied to common clinical scenarios. As part of an Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme, study unit participants will interact with colleagues from other partner universities, to understand what antibiotic resistance means 鈥� and why the World Economic Forum has placed it alongside terrorism and climate change on its global risk register. Study-Unit Aims: To provide students with: - the theoretical and practical knowledge on Antibiotic Resistance and its global impact; - the knowledge required on mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance; - the relationship between antibiotic resistance and prescribing; - knowledge on what antimicrobial stewardship is and how it can be implemented in a hospital setting; - strategies which can be used to enhance antimicrobial stewardship, surveillance and audit as tools for driving infection prevention; - knowledge on the principles of why measurement is important in stewardship: how it can improve antibiotic prescribing; - understanding of the importance of how novel diagnostics can help in clinical decision making for antibiotic prescribing; - an understanding of the value of Behaviour Change Science to improve antibiotic prescribing; - provide examples of successful antibiotic stewardship worldwide. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Discuss the threat of antibiotic resistance in the learner's location and to their practice; - Evaluate the effectiveness of using certain strategies/tools/interventions in antimicrobial stewardship to drive improvement in learner's location and practice; - Understand the value of measurement in antimicrobial stewardship: how to calculate DDDs and use Point Prevalence Surveys, have begun to determine how to use these in their location and practice to drive improvements in antibiotic prescribing; - Discuss the value of novel diagnostics to clinical decision making for optimal antibiotic prescribing; - Understand the value of Behaviour Change Science to successful antimicrobial stewardship: by assessing issues around culture and context learners will explore how you can apply this evidence in their own setting. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Enhance the safety of their own clinical practice, methods and procedures that prevent healthcare associated infections and prevent cross-transmission of microorganisms; - Encourage and support colleagues to adopt safe sample taking practices and procedures (such as collection of blood culture, urine sample, specimen for culture and sensitivity); - Use tools and hospital -specific protocols to improve the use of antimicrobials for surgical prophylaxis; - Interpret data on antibiograms and multidrug-resistant organis from various sources, and use it to develop safer practice procedures; - Use examples of successful antimicrobial stewardship implementation from across the globe will be provided and learners encouraged to assess the value of these for their own location and practice; - Introduce novel ideas to improve antimicrobial stewardship programmes in your clinical area to improve quality of care and patient safety. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Courtenay, M., & Castro-S谩nchez, E. (Eds.). (2020). Antimicrobial stewardship for nursing practice. CABI. Supplementary Readings: - Van Huizen P, Kuhn L, Russo PL, Connell CJ. The nurses鈥� role in antimicrobial stewardship: A scoping review. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2021 Jan 1;113:103772. (avalaible online )https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103772. - Courtenay M, Castro-Sanchez E, Gallagher R, McEwen J, Bulabula AN, Carre Y, Du Toit B, Figueiredo RM, Gjerde ME, Hamilton N, Jorgoni L. Development of consensus-based international antimicrobial stewardship competencies for undergraduate nurse education. Journal of Hospital Infection. 2019 Nov 1;103(3):244-50. (avalaible online )https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2019.08.001. - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Stemming the superbug tide: just a few dollars more. Paris: OECD Publishing; 2018. (avalaible online )https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264307599-en%0Ahttp://www.oecd.org/unitedstates/Stemming-the-Superbug-Tide-in-the-US.pdf%0Ahttps://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/social-issues-migration-health/stemming-the-superbug-tide_9789264307599-en. - Suetens C, Latour K, K盲rki T, Ricchizzi E, Kinross P, Moro ML, et al. Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections, estimated incidence and composite antimicrobial resistance index in acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities: Results from two european point prevalence surveys, 2016 to 2017. Eurosurveillance 2018;23:1鈥�18. (avalaible online ) https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.46.1800516. - Price L, MacDonald J, Melone L, Howe T, Flowers P, Currie K, et al. Effectiveness of national and subnational infection prevention and control interventions in high-income and upper-middle-income countries: a systematic review. Lancet Infect Dis 2018;18:e159鈥�71. (avalaible online ) https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(17)30479-6. - Storr J, Twyman A, Zingg W, Damani N, Kilpatrick C, Reilly J, et al. Core components for effective infection prevention and control programmes: New WHO evidence-based recommendations. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2017;6. (avalaible online ) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-016-0149-9. - WHO. Minimum requirements for infection prevention and control programmes. Geneva: World Health Organization. 2019. (avalaible online ) https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/330080/9789241516945-eng.pdf?ua=1 - WHO. Core competencies for infection prevention and control professionals. Geneva: World Health Organization: 2020. (avalaible online ) https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/335821/9789240011656-eng.pdf?ua=1. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualifications: Registered healthcare professionals in possession of an MQF Level 6 Qualification. | ||||||||||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Independent Study, Lecture & Online Learning | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Anna Partanen Darja Barlic Maganja Helena Skocir Rosario Caruso Tiina Susanna Varamaki Ermira Tartari Bonnici Enrique Castro Sanchez |
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