Educational Tutorials - Deepening Understanding of AMR and AMS.

In these tutorials, Dr. Timothy Miles Rawson, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance at Imperial College London, UK, covers:

• Transforming Laboratory Workflows with CDSS
• Leveraging Data & IT for Effective Patient Care

In this tutorial, Doctor Reem Almaghrabi explains how genotypic resistance markers can be effectively used to enhance antimicrobial stewardship in cases of pneumonia and bloodstream infections.

In this tutorial, Professor Humphries discusses inappropriate empirical treatments in bloodstream infections.

In these tutorials, Doctor Timothy Rawson, Academic Clinical Fellow, Infectious Disease & Medical Microbiology, Imperial College, London will cover:

• Why is microbiological diagnosis important?
• Microbiological investigations.

A third tutorial on the importance of microbiology in the management of sepsis is available in the sepsis tutorial section.

In this tutorial series, Doctor Yogandree Ramsamy from Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital, Umlazi, South Africa will discuss 

• The key factors to implement an AMS program;
• The value of diagnostics in AMS;
• How diagnostics can support AMS.