Chauhan Shreya, Gilbert Dominic, Hughes Aled, Kennerley Zoe, Phillips Ceri, Davies Angharad
Swansea University Medical School, Swansea, UK.
Pharmacy Department, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor, UK.
J Interprof Care. 2023 May-Jun;37(3):519-521. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2022.2082393. Epub 2022 Jul 27.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on antimicrobial stewardship is a cause for serious concern. There is evidence of increased antibiotic usage in many settings and fears of over-use, especially of broad-spectrum antibiotics in patients with COVID-19, raising concerns about potential impact on antimicrobial resistance globally. At the same time, the pandemic has impacted the provision of education and training throughout the health and education sectors, during a period when health services and staff were under unprecedented pressure. All-Wales Antimicrobial Resistance Educators (AWARE) is an interprofessional network of healthcare professionals whose roles include provision of antimicrobial stewardship education in National Health Service health boards across Wales. The aim of this report was to use AWARE project data to study the impact of the pandemic on the provision of antimicrobial stewardship education and training in healthcare settings in Wales in 2020, compared to 2019. Overall, the number of staff reached by education increased by 10%, despite the number of educational sessions falling by 26% and the number of hours of teaching by 43%. Rapid switch to virtual education allowed fewer, shorter, educational sessions, allowing more staff to be reached.
新冠疫情对抗菌药物管理的影响令人严重关切。有证据表明，在许多情况下抗生素使用有所增加，且人们担心过度使用，尤其是在新冠患者中使用广谱抗生素，这引发了对全球抗菌药物耐药性潜在影响的担忧。与此同时，在卫生服务和工作人员面临前所未有的压力期间，疫情影响了整个卫生和教育部门的教育与培训提供。全威尔士抗菌药物耐药性教育工作者组织（AWARE）是一个跨专业的医疗保健专业人员网络，其职责包括在威尔士各地的国民保健服务卫生委员会提供抗菌药物管理教育。本报告的目的是利用AWARE项目数据，研究与2019年相比，2020年疫情对威尔士医疗环境中抗菌药物管理教育与培训提供的影响。总体而言，尽管教育课程数量下降了26%，教学时长下降了43%，但接受教育的工作人员数量增加了10%。迅速转向虚拟教育使得教育课程数量减少、时长缩短，从而能让更多工作人员接受教育。
