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Antimicrobials
        A PRECIOUS RESOURCE: ANTIMICROBIAL
        STEWARDSHIP IN THE QMHA


        Rosanne Jepson, Professor Small Animal Internal Medicine, and Tom Greensmith, Lecturer in Small
        Animal Emergency and Critical Care
          n  November  2022  the  Queen  Mother
          Hospital for Animals (QMHA) participated
        I in  ‘World  Antimicrobial  Awareness
        Week’, an international event coordinated
        by the World Health Organisation. In 2022,
        the theme was ‘Preventing  Antimicrobial
        Resistance Together’. It was an important
        opportunity to consider both the preservation
        of antibiotics for human health and the
        role that the veterinary profession plays in
        preventing antimicrobial resistance.
          Antimicrobial stewardship is always at the
        forefront of the clinical work that we do at the
        QMHA. Ensuring antimicrobial stewardship
        means  that  you  establish  a  coordinated
        programme that promotes appropriate use
        of antimicrobials (including antibiotics), work
        to improve patient outcome, aim to reduce   The antibiotic amnesty took place in Novemeber
        microbial resistance and help to decrease
        the  spread  of  infections  caused  by  multi-  restricted and require authorisation for use   antibiotics, but no data is currently available.
        drug resistant organisms.           (Tier 3). Regular auditing is an important   The  Antibiotic  Amnesty  was  a  national
          Sin