Colistin Global Survey
The ESGAP Executive Committee supported and recommended the following survey (closed end of 2011):
Dear ESGAP members:
Severe multi-drug resistant Gram-negative infections are becoming more common worldwide. These bacteria are often still sensitive to the older antibiotics colistin or polymyxin B. These drugs are now being used more commonly. Unfortunately, little is known about how these drugs are dosed optimally and with what other drugs to combine them.
Dr Heiman Wertheim - from Oxford University, Hanoi, Viet Nam, one very active member of our ISC Antimicrobial Stewardship working group (ISC ABS WG) -, has organized - in collaboration with ReAct, GARP and the ISC ABS WG - an international survey to know more about colistin and polymixin B utilisation. We are now inviting ESGAP to be an active collaborator to keep on with this global initiative.
Taking into account the high impact of MDR Gram-negative rods, and that these drugs are in a great majority of cases the only option for treatment, we would really appreciate both your participation and your collaboration in disseminating this global survey.
For questions or comments, please contact Dr Heiman Wertheim, University of Oxford
Cheers
Gabriel Levy Hara MD
Chair
Antimicrobial Stewardship Working Group
International Society of Chemotherapy
ABC-Calc 2011: A new version of ABC-Calc has been developed and is being piloted before it is finally launched.
This version is a completely new implementation of the tool. It has been transformed into a standalone application (it is not any more a excel file). The new functionalities are the possibility to read an excel file in input, in addition to enter data manually and to export the results into an excel file. The scope of the antimicrobials managed by ABC-Calc has been extended to, notably, antimycotics and antivirals. The tool is developed in java and is multi platform.
We invite ESGAP members to test the new version.
Please contact Arno Muller and he will e-mail instructions to download and use the new version.
- 9 May, 18.15-19.15 (Room Amber 2)
EFISG Business Meeting
All interested persons are cordially invited to join the meeting and plan future ESGAP activities.
For more details about the congress, please check the ECCMID/ICC programme.
Improving Antibiotic Prescribing in Hospitals
ESGAP organised this ESCMID PGTW in Belgrade, Serbia, 4 - 5 March 2011.
Repetition of the European Survey on Antibiotic Shortages in EU Hospitals
ESGAP conducted a previous survey with the results presented at the 17th ECCMID/ICC, Munich, Germany, 31 March - 4 April 2007:
Support of the Prudent Antibiotic User (PAUSE) website project in collaboration with the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
The aim of the Pause Website is to ensure that medical practitioners will be prudent prescribers of antibiotics and will promote prudent use of antibiotics in whatever clinical context they are working in.
ESGAP organises a pre-meeting Workshop
Antimicrobial Stewardship
50th ICAAC, 11 September 2010, Boston, US.
ESGAP organises a pre-meeting Workshop
Monitoring, Evaluating and Managing Antimicrobial Use in Hospitals
48th ICAAC/46th IDSA, Friday, 24 October 2009, Washington, DC.
