Antimicrobials: Resistance 2017

Hours of learning: 3

Publication date: January 2017

Aim
To enable healthcare professionals to understand the impact of antimicrobial resistance and to assist with halting the spread of resistance and Clostridium difficile.

Intended learning outcomes
Having completed this workshop you should be able to:

• define antimicrobial resistance
• discuss Clostridium difficile (C. diff) and the associated problems
• explain Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) risk factors, diagnosis and treatment
• describe what MRSA screening and decolonisation entails
• detail the problems with extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) and resistant enterococci
• list strategies to halt the spread of C. diff and antimicrobial resistance.