These AMR tools and resources have been developed to help human healthcare professionals to improve infection prevention and control practices and to help improve prescribing.
National clinical or technical guidance and publications
- Start Smart – Then Focus – Department of Health’s guidance is to provide an outline of evidence-based antimicrobial stewardship in the secondary healthcare setting
- TARGET – The Royal College of General Practitioners’ antibiotics toolkit for general practitioners
- Public Health England Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: early detection, management and control toolkit for acute trusts
West Yorkshire clinical or technical guidance and publications
- Methenamine guidance for UTI prophylaxis.
- Safe use of Nitrofurantoin (Coming soon)
Comms and engagement resources
- A series of AMR animations have been produced, focused on protecting our citizens against the threat of AMR by educating about the importance of preventing infection, and helping people need fewer antibiotics. Links and QR codes are available in the resources table below; including downloadable subtitled films for use in waiting areas.
Medicines, pharmacy and the environment
We recognise the significance all colleagues within West Yorkshire play in reducing the environmental impacts of medicines and pharmacy. See our medicine, pharmacy and the environment page for resources, handy links and advice.