AMS Tools and Resources
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AMS Tools and Resources
The CPA has developed a vast range of tools and resources which can be used to improve the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship.
AMS Explainer Videos
A series of 3D-animated AMS videos were created in eight different African accents for the purposes of explaining what AMS is, appropriate antimicrobial use, the importance and role of patients and health workers as well as how they can contribute.
Check out our four videos below or watch all the videos in multiple
accents here:
Playlist
Playlist:
1. What is AMR and AMS – watch video
2. Patient experience with antimicrobial resistance – watch video
3. Surgical prophylaxis for antimicrobials (Follows a journey of surgical site infection for health workers) – watch video
4. Continuum of care (A journey through the roles of multidisciplinary cadres: nurses, doctors, pharmacists, laboratory/microbiology teams, AMS committees, patient) – watch video
FIP: AMS in Action Webinar Series
In collaboration with the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), the CPA delivered 6 webinars showcasing practical tools, examples, and areas of action that pharmacists and the healthcare workforce can use to tackle AMR.
Read more about the webinars here or watch the recordings below:
Playlist
Playlist:
1. Antimicrobial Stewardship in action – watch video
2. AMS: Communities in action – watch video
3. AMS: Data in action – watch video
4. AMS: Collaboration in action – watch video
5. AMS: Tools in action – watch video
6. Time to take (AMS) action! What will you do? – watch video
Point Prevalence Survey (PPS) Training
A suite of resources for clinical teams around surveying antimicrobial usage in their health facilities, and how implementing GPPS can provide data-driven insights. These resources are aimed at health facilities with in-patient beds.
Playlist
Playlist:
1. How to conduct the Global Point Prevalence Survey (G-PPS) – watch video
2. From data collection to the development of AMS interventions through the use of the feedback report – watch video
3. Similarities and differences between Global and WHO PPS – watch video
4. WHO PPS – watch video
5. What next after PPS? – watch video
6. GPPS: An honest Account – watch video
7. Introduction training to PPS: a case of the SPARC programme – watch video
CwPAMS Key Resources for AMS
Through our Commonwealth Partnerships for Antimicrobial Stewardship (CwPAMS) Programme we have developed various resources for developing and implementing AMS.
AMS Toolkit
A comprehensive collection of resources, plans, and case studies to support organisations when developing and/or implementing an AMS work plan in their local healthcare facility. Read more about the toolkit here, alternatively watch the introduction video or download it below alongside the appendix:
Watch the Video Below to Learn More about the AMS Toolkit:
AMS Scoping Reports
Scoping reports produced in 2022 built on the scoping completed in 2021, which is a set of eight country-specific reports summarising their respective AMR/AMS context and lessons learned from the first phase of CwPAMS:
Scoping Report Produced in 2021
A summary report capturing country-specific findings and recommendations on AMR/AMS for the eight CwPAMS countries was produced to inform the implementation of the first phase of CwPAMS and to build on for the future scoping exercise. Download the scoping report below:
AMS Assessment Tool
The AMS Assessment Tool helps to identify barriers and facilitators for implementing AMS interventions within healthcare facilities and supports data collection on antimicrobial consumption. Download the AMS Assessment Tool below:
AMS Action Plan Template
The AMS Action Plan Template guides healthcare institutions in developing AMS Action Plans, based on the assessment of AMS activities and capacity within the institutions.
For more information on the CwPAMS programmes and specific resources see our CwPAMS page here
Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Game
A fun icebreaker for AMS and IPC training events! Visit www.AMSgame.com to learn more or watch the video playlist below:
Playlist
Playlist:
1. What is the AMS Game? – watch video
2. Background on the development of the AMS Game – watch video
Infection Control Resources (IPC)
The Importance of IPC
The video below highlights what Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) is and why it is important as well as practical steps on how it can be implemented, monitored, and supported at your healthcare facility.
Why the Production of Alcohol Hand Rub?
This video highlights why a hospital pharmacy in Zambia started producing alcohol hand rub using the World Health Organisation (WHO) formulation and the benefits and challenges the team faced.
Beat Bad Mirobes
In partnership with the University of Reading and the Rwanda Community Pharmacists Union we produced educational resources and tools for community pharmacists to help educate the public on AMR.
Read our downloadable leaflet and antibiotic recording card here.
Antibiotic Guardian Pledge Campaign
The Commonwealth Pharmacists Association and Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) won the Antibiotic Guardian Multi-country Collaboration Award in 2020 for creating the CwPAMS Programme. Antibiotic Guardian Pledges are grounded in the behaviour change theory, acting as a driver to improve behaviours around antibiotic prescribing and antibiotic use. Read more about how to take the pledge here.
COVID-19 Resources
The CPA have developed a collection of COVID-19 resources to compliment work around antimicrobial stewardship activities which can be viewed in the videos below:
How to Manufacture Alcohol Hand Rub
A training video developed to support local pharmacy teams in the production of the World Health Organisation (WHO) formula alcohol-based hand sanitiser, as part of the COVID-19 response. This training resource was produced to support Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in hospitals and prevent the spread of infections, including COVID-19 and AMR:
COVID-19 Webinar: The Role of Commonwealth Health Partnerships in AMS
Watch the webinar below which focuses on the role of health partnerships in AMS:
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