Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) resources and links
A range of Australian and international resources are available to support and improve Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) programs in health service organisations and in other sectors, which improve patient safety and support the prevention and containment of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
Commission resources
The Commission's AMS resources include:
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard
- Shared Decision Making – Patient Decision Aids for Antibiotic Use
- Antimicrobial Awareness Week Resources
- National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards
- Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Australia Surveillance System
The Commission also supports the NPS Medicinewise – Antimicrobial prescribing courses and two antimicrobial use surveillance programs as part of the AURA Surveillance System:
- National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS)
- National Antimicrobial Usage Surveillance Program (NAUSP)
Australian resources and links
The links below provide information on Australian AMS and infection prevention and control work.
Disclaimer: These links are provided for convenience only and should not be construed as an endorsement by the Commonwealth of Australia; conversely omissions should not be construed as non-endorsement.
- National Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy
- Communicable Diseases Network Australia
- Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance
- Australasian Society for Infectious Disease
- Australian Society for Antimicrobials
- Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotic
See below for your state / territory AMS resources:
VIC
No publicly available sites
ACT
No publicly available sites
VIC
No publicly available sites
ACT
No publicly available sites
International resources and links
The links below provide information on AMS and infection prevention and control work from around the world.
Disclaimer: These links are provided for convenience only and should not be construed as an endorsement by the Commonwealth of Australia; conversely omissions should not be construed as non-endorsement.
- World Health Organization – Antimicrobial Resistance
- Centers for Disease Prevention and Control – Antibiotic Prescribing and Use
- Public Health England – Antimicrobial resistance
- NICE – Antimicrobial Stewardship
- Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group
- Video – Why is Antimicrobial Stewardship important?
- Video – What do we do when antibiotics don’t work anymore?
Coming soon
Video resources relating to an introduction to antibiotic therapy, and the spectrum of activity and use of selected antibiotics are currently being updated.