Antimicrobial Stewardship
Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS)
According to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is the careful and responsible management of medications used to treat or prevent infections. It involves activities that promote and support best practice antimicrobial prescribing and use.
Our AMS Complete Clinical Package is instrumental in helping you to meet your requirements under Quality Standard 3 requirement (3)(g) and Standard 8 requirement (3)(d) which ask you to demonstrate actions to minimise infection-related risks to residents, your staff and the wider community.
AMS Package
Our AMS Complete Clinical Package forms part of our QUM offering and includes:
Corporate Clinical Governance support in regular reviews and development of your AMS policies and procedures
Regular three monthly audits of the AMS register (your own, or we can supply one) in line with Therapeutic Guidelines
Face-to-face and online education and training on AMS in webinars, in-person education sessions, handouts, and newsletters
Personalised training and information sessions are specific to your facility’s needs
Weekly newsletter often featuring AMS content
Antimicrobial Stewardship benchmarking against other facilities
Clinical Governance Committee involvement (where invited) Input and advice on AMS at MAC and quarterly meetings, as well as in-between meetings, should the need arise
Community health campaigns for residents and their families on topics such as Antibiotic Awareness and Appropriate Use of Antibiotics
