Adrian Pittock , marketing director of Valley Northern explains why pharmacies are vital to help stem antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
AMR - Pharmacy
Antimicrobial stewardship strategies form a vital filtration system for our healthcare system but what many don’t consider is the vital role pharmacists play in promoting antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) to ensure the future of treatment for infection is sustainable.
Only certain objects can fit through a filter, such as a sieve or fine mesh. Liquid and small particles will pass through while other particles are stopped in their tracks. The same idea should be applied to prescribing antimicrobials. Certain people need, and therefore, should pass through the filter and receive this treatment, whereas others should be held back by the filter, to try other treatment options before resorting to antimicrobials.