May 13, 2016
Jill Moss talks to Jeremy Vine about antimirobial resistance and work of Bella Moss Foundation
Jill Moss talks to Jeremy Vine about antimirobial resistance and work of Bella Moss Foundation
Jill Moss talks to Jeremy Vine about antimirobial resistance and work of Bella Moss Foundation
The Bella Moss Foundation (BMF) has joined forces with Oncore Online Learning to launch a learning module to help veterinary staff beat the superbugs and implement rigorous, tailored infection controls in practice.
The two-week virtual learning course, entitled “Practical infection control”, is the most recent addition to a range of educational tools from BMF, including best practice guidelines and an online “self audit” practice room checklist.
The charity approached Oncore about creating a formal education course in light of the revised RCVS Practice Standards Scheme being launched at London Vet Show next week, which will now include dedicated infection control criteria in three of its new modules.
Practical infection control is delivered online as a fully tutored course and students will have access to Oncore’s dedicated virtual learning environment, which will host a lecture, learning materials and discussion forums.
FOLLOWING Government forecasts on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), vets are being urged to use antibiotics responsibly and maintain high standards of hygiene.
AMR was included on the National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies for the first time, with officials predicting an AMR blood infection outbreak could affect as many as 200,000 people in the UK – potentially killing 80,000.
The risk register document states: “High numbers of deaths could also be expected from other forms of AMR infection.”
The Bella Moss Foundation (BMF), a charity that promotes prudent antimicrobial use and hygiene in human and veter- inary medicine, said vigilance was needed. Two of its clinical advisors have reiterated calls for good hygiene and sensible use of antibiotics.
Tim Nuttall, head of derma- tology at the University of Edin- burgh Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, said there was genuine concern about returning to a pre-antibiotic era….
I never truly thanked you for your help and the difference you made during our battle with MSRA.
I wanted to send you an update on Brutus and tell you how much your help assisted us… Because of you, I was able to get my vets to give him the proper treatment when they had mistakenly given him meds that the MSRA was resilient to!
We went from this…
To this once we were able to get on the right track
Carla Boyadjian USA 2014
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