UK Clinical Vaccine Network Ioannis Baltas

We will march, and we will shout, and we will strike until we’re heard.   Full pay restoration now. #DoctorsStrike

These strikes are crippling the #NHS Let's not pretend otherwise. This stalemate is a catastrophe and needs am urgent solution (above cut and paste from strikes 1-4. Current one is strike 5)

An AED in every gym on earth that’s all I ask

Thanks again to everyone who came out in force for #PayRestoration yesterday. Today we rest, and remind all our colleagues to vote yes in the industrial action re-ballot. See you all on the picket lines on Monday! #DoctorsStrike #RestAndVoteYes

Please help junior doctors get fair pay by signing this petition 🙏 Petition: Negotiate with junior doctors on pay and start with offer of inflation-proof pay petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6366…

Curious to know more about the #Netflix model for antimicrobials? The UK’s SMASH study explored views of infection consultants in England on the novel subscription model for #cefiderocol & #ceftazidime-avibactam that started July 2022 doi.org/10.1093/jacamr… Ioannis Baltas #JACAMRNews

Sid Ahmed et al. outline the #AntimicrobialResistance trends in Qatar in 2017-19 with interesting results, particularly for novel antimicrobial agents: doi.org/10.1093/jacamr… @OUPMedicine Oxford Journals #JACAMRNews

Cogliati Dezza et al. identified predictors for CRAB BSI that could be useful to identify patients at highest risk, prompting clinicians to start the most appropriate empirical therapy: doi.org/10.1093/jacamr… @OUPMedicine Oxford Journals #JACAMRNews

Ahead of Penicillin Allergy Day on 28/9/23 Royal Pharmaceutical Society has released info on how pharm teams can help raise awareness on the topic - facts, implications around #AMR, patient safety, ways to help. Thank you to all involved - more coming on the 28th! rpharms.com/recognition/al… UKCPA Infection Committee

Delighted to have been awarded Professor of Practice in the latest promotions ⁦Imperial Medicine⁩ ⁦Imperial Department of Infectious Disease ⁦HPRU AMR⁩ - thank you to everyone in 🇬🇧 and 🌍 (too many to name!) - hugely appreciated ⁦Imperial NHS 💙⁩ imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/news/…

Fantastic collaboration around stability of aciclovir in elastomeric devices for OPAT.First antiviral of the programme! 🇦🇺 ⁦⁦Fekade B Sime⁩ ⁦Jason Roberts⁩ 🇬🇧 ⁦@jamiesonce⁩ ⁦andrew seaton⁩ ⁦BSAC⁩ & those not on X⁦⁩ ejhp.bmj.com/content/early/…

Meet Dr Ioannis Baltas, 2023 poster prize winner for his work on ‘Post-Vaccination Covid-19: A Case-Control Study and Genomic Analysis of 119 Breakthrough Infections in Partially Vaccinated Individuals’🏆 Could your research win in 2024? Submit now! 👇 cvnuk.co.uk/#abstracttext

Baltas et al. show that ciprofloxacin prophylaxis during HCT led to fewer infection episodes & reduced exposure to broad spectrum antimicrobials but saw an increased #AMR burden in breakthrough infections: doi.org/10.1093/jacamr… Ioannis Baltas @OUPMedicine Oxford Journals #JACAMRNews

David Mabey officially retires London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine today after a 40+ year career dedicated to improving health & wellbeing globally. It has been a huge privilege for myself & colleagues to have worked with him. Sadness but also pride at the immense impact David has had worldwide. Thank you.

With BSAC we are running this very short survey trying to understand how the ideal infection conference looks for you. If you take 3 minutes to complete it, I would be very grateful. It is open to all healthcare professionals. surveymonkey.com/r/BSACEventsSu…

Recording antimicrobial resistance during death certification in England Read about the new study by Ioannis Baltas Louis Grandjean UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health registered at #ISRCTN isrctn.com/ISRCTN96925141

When is a 'bloodstream infection' not actually a 'bloodstream infection'!? journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-…

Our Antibiotic Apocalypse correspondent, Ioannis Baltas, on the latest casualty in the War: Cefiderocol to NDM carbapenemase; pour one out for the Trojan Horse!

Congratulations to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde the first health board in #Scotland to achieve #GAMSAS accreditation #AMS #AMR #keepantibioticsworking andrew seaton BSAC jacqui sneddon