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This report provides analyses of data and trends in resistance to macrolide antibiotics in S. agalactiae and S. pyogenes (also known as group B and group A Streptococcus, respectively) from 2006 to 2023. The data that were used for this report were submitted to APAS.

Released July 2024

This fact sheet provides clinicians with guidance on how to access the Therapeutic Guidelines for information on the appropriate prescribing of medicines. The updated mobile app for Therapeutic Guidelines is now available to download - view the user guide for more information.

This issue includes items on antimicrobials, medication safety, diagnostics, COVID-19, and more. 

Also covered is the latest issue of Health Expectations along with early online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the USA’s AHRQ.

Summary report for an evaluation of the Antimicrobial Stewardship, Hip Fracture Care and Delirium Clinical Care Standards.

Guidance for health service organisations on the appropriate and safe use of chlorhexidine in healthcare settings.

This issue includes items on a new Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard implementation resource, antibiotic documentation, quality improvement, COVID-19 and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of the Healthcare Policy and Health Affairs along with early online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE.

This issue includes items on COVID-19, digital health, antimicrobials/antibiotics, diagnosis and uncertainty, quality improvement and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of Public Health Research & Practice and Health Affairs, along with online first papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the latest from the UK’s NICE.

This case study describes a collaborative approach to reducing inappropriate postoperative topical antibiotic use, supporting the launch of the Cataract Clinical Care Standard.

This fact sheet provides users with information on the alignment of the actions and criteria from the 2017 Preventing and Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infections Standard (2017 Standard) to the 2021 Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard (2021 Standard).

This issue includes items on COVID-19, overuse of diagnostic testing, antibiotic prescribing, feedback to clinicians, intimate partner violence, and more.

Also covered is the latest issue of the Journal for Healthcare Quality, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality and Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care and the latest from the UK’s NICE.

The APAS – OrgTRx Quick Reference Guide provides instructions for APAS contributors on how to create and export formatted antibiograms. 

This issue includes items on COVID-19, the new Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Care Standard, National Safety and Quality Primary Healthcare Standards, hospital worker behaviour, patient perceptions and more.

Also covered are the latest issues of BMJ Quality & Safety, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, Journal of Patient Safety, and Healthcare Policy, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the latest from the UK’s NICE and NIHR and the USA’s ARHQ.

This graphic can be used to print a large conference style banner for World AMR Awareness Week.

This graphic can be used as branding on a range of documents for resources to support World AMR Awareness Week activities.

This report provides the latest update report for data submitted to CARAlert for the reporting period: 1 May 2020 to 30 June 2020, and complements previous analyses of and updates on CARAlert data.