Antimicrobial Stewardship: Practical Approaches

1.00-2.00 pm

Speakers:

• Dr Katy Edwards, Consultant Microbiologist, Bolton NHS FT - Katy will outline principles of antimicrobial stewardship, current UK position as well as what we are doing at Bolton.

• Miss Sarwat Rahman, Antimicrobial Pharmacist, Tameside & Glossop NHS FT & Dr Howard Sacho, Consultant Microbiologist, Tameside & Glossop NHS FT - We will be talking about our antibiotic stewardship practices at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust through which we aim to tackle the problem of antimicrobial resistance.