A big shout-out to community pharmacies and other Covid-19 vaccination centres for their mahi on Super Saturday. A total of 129,995 Covid-19 vaccines were administered yesterday. Keep up the great work!

Medication alert for pharmacists, prescribers and nurses. The Aotearoa New Zealand standardised batch sheet for baclofen oral suspension will change to a 1 mg/mL concentration from 1 November 2021. The amount of medicine needed may be different. Read more: bit.ly/3B3E6la

Next week is #MedSafetyWeek! Medicines agencies encourage the reporting of suspected side effects following vaccination. Help make vaccines better for everyone! Report on a COVID-19 vaccine report.vaccine.covid19.govt.nz For all other vaccines nzphvc.otago.ac.nz/reporting/ #ReportSideEffects

#MedSafetyWeek starts today! Make vaccines better for everyone! Report suspected side effects following vaccination to the Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring (CARM). Report on a COVID-19 vaccine: report.vaccine.covid19.govt.nz For all other vaccines: nzphvc.otago.ac.nz/reporting/

Vaccines protect individuals against infectious diseases. Like with all medicines, side effects can happen. It's important to report side effects. Report on a COVID-19 vaccine: report.vaccine.covid19.govt.nz For all other vaccines: nzphvc.otago.ac.nz/reporting/ #MedSafetyWeek

Did you get your first COVID-19 Vaccination on Super Saturday, 16 October? From Sunday 7 November you'll be eligible to get your second shot. Book today at BookMyVaccine.nz or visit covid19.govt.nz/vaccines to find a walk-in or drive-through near you.

#MedSafetyWeek finishes today. It's still important to help make vaccines safer for everyone! Reports about suspected side effects help us identify new side effects and gain more information about known effects. Always report to the Centre for Adverse Reactions Monitoring (CARM).

Wellington City is 90% fully vaccinated🎉💪 A massive thank you to all our hard-working vaccination teams and to everyone who has come forward to be vaccinated so far😍

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021 is in full swing. This year pharmacists in NZ are leading a #penicillinallergy initiative. Read more about the initiative and access their resources via our website psnz.org.nz/practicesuppor… #WAAW21 #KeepAntibioticsWorking NAMSIPEG

World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2021 – CHALLENGE PENICILLIN ALLERGIES - led by New Zealand's specialist Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection pharmacists (NAMSIPEG). #KeepAntibioticsWorking #penicillinallergy NAMSIPEG PSNZ NZ ChiefSciAdvisor ift.tt/37SRU77

Changes to Covid-19 vaccine boosters, rollout for paediatric doses for five to 11 year olds, and border reopening: what you need to know rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

Fun AND productive meeting (a work win!) with #AntimicrobialStewardship colleagues from the NHS (Midlands, UK) and Aotearoa NZ. Sharing ideas about an antibiotic amnesty for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022 (18-24 Nov). #Collaboration Pleased NZ got the morning 'shift'.

Kia ora Aotearoa NZ! Our resources for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18-24 Nov) are starting to land. We hope an #antibioticamnesty will stimulate conversations about antibiotic resistance. Digital resources, competitions to come... psnz.org.nz/practicesuppor…

NAMSIPEG @jamiesonce Chloe Campbell Eamon Duffy Cat.Li Lauren Smith Mo Issa @funny_mummy Rakhi Angela B Diane Ashiru, PhD Delighted that 🇳🇿 AMS friends and colleagues PSNZ embracing the antibiotic amnesty movement, learning and collaborating with 🇬🇧 friends & Royal Pharmaceutical Society rpharms.com/recognition/al…

Thanks to all participating community pharmacies in Ao/NZ for getting behind this initiative to help #keepantibioticsworking, and to supporting organisations incl PSNZ Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Ministry of Health - Manatū Hauora PHARMAC Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission bpacnz ASIDANZ @ESRNewZealand Ako Hiringa University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau

Perfectly timed for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, 18-24 November! #keepantibioticsworking #antibioticamnesty #AntimicrobialResistance #antimicrobialstewardship

Kicking off the start of WAAW and our antibiotic amnesty Cat.Li is showing us how to dispose of antibiotics. Make your own video about antibiotic disposal! Tag us NAMSIPEG and use #AotearoaAntibioticAmnesty22 & #WAAW22 to be in to win $100 Prezzy Card! #AMR #NAMSIPEG

Do you share your home with a pet? The World Health Organisation says antimicrobial resistance is one of the top 10 global health threats facing humanity – so take a look at what you and your 😺 or 🐶 or 🐰 or 🦜can do to help stop germs become resistant to life-saving medicines.

Eamon Duffy showing us where spare or expired antibiotics should and shouldn’t go! #AotearoaAntibioticAmnesty22 #WAAW22 #IDTwitter #AMS #NAMSIPEG #NewZealand

It's World Antimicrobial Awareness Week! Pharmacies around Aotearoa New Zealand are working hard to raise awareness about the threat of antimicrobial resistance by promoting an Antibiotic Amnesty to help teach everyone about appropriate disposal of old/unused antibiotics.