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Such an interesting and challenging week on the Walsall Healthcare infection ward rounds. So great to work with such an amazing team Aiden J Plant AMS team WHT Infection Prevention & Control WHT #AMS #AMR #IPC

Our weekly infection MDT journal club📚 Karamjit Badyal Kiran Bhatt AMS team WHT Today’s paper: 1️⃣ rate of rec CDI still 25% 2️⃣ predicting rec CDI is tricky 3️⃣ CDI Rx distorts the microbiome 4️⃣ (any) Abx use 10d prior to CDI Dx was protective of rec CDI⁉️ rdcu.be/dOESv

A positive C diff test (TOX or PCR) does not = anti-CDI treatment automatically. #microbiome

At our MDT c.diff ward round this morning we reviewed our patients holistically, assessing bloods, stool charts, hydration, food, medication and overall clinical picture before deciding whether or not to start treatment. #AMS #IPC Infection Prevention & Control WHT AMS team WHT

An extremely rare interaction, valproate interacts with pivmecillinam increasing the risk of carnitine depletion, resulting in hyperammonaemic encephalopathy. See more info in the BNF: bnf.nice.org.uk/interactions/p… All ADRS should be reported to the Yellow Card Scheme #PharmacoQuiz

We have been teaming up with our brilliant Infection Prevention & Control WHT team this morning to discuss urine dipsticks and catheter care for our new QI project, we’re looking forward to making some exciting quality interventions 🤩🤩 Jossy Ashlin Karamjit Badyal Kitty Dhingra Walsall Healthcare

Really interesting paper discussed at our weekly journal club this week, how to use vaginal probiotics to prevent recurrent UTI #AMS #antimicrobialstewarship #IDTwitter

Another week of crazy interesting infection consults 🧐 - neurologically focused 🧠 ✅ post neurosurg meningitis ✅ VP shunt ventriculitis ✅ Bickerstaff’s encephalitis post-Campy ✅ Hep E induced polyradiculopathy AMS team WHT Kiran Bhatt Kitty Dhingra Karamjit Badyal

Next week is #MedSafetyWeek and this year's theme is the importance of using medicines in the right way to prevent side effects, and to report side effects when they do occur. We will be posting things during the week but if you see #sideeffects then please report #MHRAYellowCard

#MedSafetyWeek is a global campaign co-ordinated by Uppsala Monitoring Centre and this year's theme is the importance of using medicines in the right way to prevent side effects, and to report side effects when they do occur. You can report to the #YellowCard scheme in the UK

It’s been great to spend the day SWB NHS Trust speaking to patients and healthcare professionals about the Yellow Card Scheme and how we can make medicines safer for everyone #MedSafetyWeek Thanks to our new champion Mia and the FYT pharmacists for helping out