Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 2017; 30(06): vi-vii
DOI: 10.3415/VCOT-17-10-0137
Editorial
Schattauer GmbH

Antibiotic Awareness Week - November 2017

Veterinary Surgeons – Leaders in Antimicrobial Stewardship?
Stephen W. Page
1   Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Advanced Veterinary Therapeutics, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
› Author Affiliations
Further Information

Address for correspondence

Stephen W. Page, MVetClinStud
Advanced Veterinary
Therapeutics, PO Box 905
Newtown, NSW 2042, Australia

Publication History

Publication Date:
04 December 2017 (online)

 

 


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  • References

  • 1 WHO. Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance. http://www.who.int/antimicrobial-resistance/publications/global-action-plan/en/ Geneva: World Health Organization 2015
  • 2 O’Neill J. Review on Antimicrobial Resistance. Tackling drug-resistant infections globally. Final report and recommendations. 2016
  • 3 Knight GM, Costelloe C, Murray KA, Robotham JV, Atun R, Holmes AH. Addressing the unknowns of antimicrobial resistance: quantifying and mapping the drivers of burden. Clinical infectious diseases: an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2017.
  • 4 Hardefeldt LY, Browning GF, Thursky K, Gilkerson JR, Billman-Jacobe H, Stevenson MA, Bailey KE. Antimicrobials used for surgical prophylaxis by companion animal veterinarians in Australia. Veterinary microbiology. 2017; a 203: 301-307.
  • 5 Hardefeldt LY, Browning GF, Thursky K, Gilkerson JR, Billman-Jacobe H, Stevenson MA, Bailey KE. Antimicrobials used for surgical prophylaxis by equine veterinary practitioners in Australia. Equine veterinary journal online ahead of print. 2017 b
  • 6 Guardabassi L, Prescott JF. Antimicrobial Stewardship in Small Animal Veterinary Practice: From Theory to Practice. The Veterinary clinics of North America Small animal practice 2015; 45: 361-376.
  • 7 de Jonge SW, Gans SL, Atema JJ, Solomkin JS, Dellinger PE, Boermeester MA. Timing of preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis in 54,552 patients and the risk of surgical site infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine 2017; 96: e6903.
  • 8 Anderson PA, Savage JW, Vaccaro AR, Radcliff K, Arnold PM, Lawrence BD, Shamji MF. Prevention of Surgical Site Infection in Spine Surgery. Neurosurgery 2017; 80: S114-S123.
  • 9 WHO. World Antibiotic Awareness Week, 13-19. November 2017 World Health Organisation http://www.who.int/campaigns/world-antibiotic-awareness-week/en/ [6 October, 2017]
  • 10 Leeds IL, Fabrizio A, Cosgrove SE, Wick EC. Treating Wisely: The Surgeon’s Role in Antibiotic Stewardship. Annals of surgery 2017; 265: 871-873.
  • 11 May M, Obermaier R, Novotny A, Wagenlehner FM, Brookman-May SD. Face to Face with Multi-Resistant Pathogens: An Urgent Call to Action for Modern Surgeons To Pioneer in Antibiotic Stewardship. Surgical infections 2017; 18: 645-646.
  • 12 Sartelli M, Duane TM, Catena F, Tessier JM, Coccolini F, Kao LS, De Simone B, Labricciosa FM, May AK, Ansaloni L, Mazuski JE. Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Call to Action for Surgeons. Surgical infections 2016; 17: 625-631.
  • 13 Sartelli M, Labricciosa FM, Barbadoro P, Pagani L, Ansaloni L, Brink AJ, Carlet J, Khanna A, Chichom-Mefire A, Coccolini F, Di Saverio S, May AK, Viale P, Watkins RR, Scudeller L, Abbo LM, Abu-Zidan FM, Adesunkanmi AK, Al-Dahir S, Al-Hasan MN, Alis H, Alves C, Araujo da Silva AR, Augustin G, Bala M, Barie PS, Beltran MA, Bhangu A, Bouchra B, Brecher SM, Cainzos MA, Camacho-Ortiz A, Catani M, Chandy SJ, Jusoh AC, Cherry-Bukowiec JR, Chiara O, Colak E, Cornely OA, Cui Y, Demetrashvili Z, De Simone B, De Waele JJ, Dhingra S, Di Marzo F, Dogjani A, Dorj G, Dortet L, Duane TM, Elmangory MM, Enani MA, Ferrada P, Esteban Foianini J, Gachabayov M, Gandhi C, Ghnnam WM, Giamarellou H, Gkiokas G, Gomi H, Goranovic T, Griffiths EA, Guerra Gronerth RI, Haidamus Monteiro JC, Hardcastle TC, Hecker A, Hodonou AM, Ioannidis O, Isik A, Iskandar KA, Kafil HS, Kanj SS, Kaplan LJ, Kapoor G, Karamarkovic AR, Kenig J, Kerschaever I, Khamis F, Khokha V, Kiguba R, Kim HB, Ko WC, Koike K, Kozlovska I, Kumar A, Lagunes L, Latifi R, Lee JG, Lee YR, Leppaniemi A, Li Y, Liang SY, Lowman W, Machain GM, Maegele M, Major P, Malama S, Manzano-Nunez R, Marinis A, Martinez Casas I, Marwah S, Maseda E, McFarlane ME, Memish Z, Mertz D, Mesina C, Mishra SK, Moore EE, Munyika A, Mylonakis E, Napolitano L, Negoi I, Nestorovic MD, Nicolau DP, Omari AH, Ordonez CA, Paiva JA, Pant ND, Parreira JG, Pedziwiatr M, Pereira BM, Ponce-de-Leon A, Poulakou G, Preller J, Pulcini C, Pupelis G, Quiodettis M, Rawson TM, Reis T, Rems M, Rizoli S, Roberts J, Pereira NR, Rodriguez-Bano J, Sakakushev B, Sanders J, Santos N, Sato N, Sawyer RG, Scarpelini S, Scoccia L, Shafiq N, Shelat V, Sifri CD, Siribumrungwong B, Soreide K, Soto R, de Souza HP, Talving P, Trung NT, Tessier JM, Tumbarello M, Ulrych J, Uranues S, Van Goor H, Vereczkei A, Wagenlehner F, Xiao Y, Yuan KC, Wechsler-Fordos A, Zahar JR, Zakrison TL, Zuckerbraun B, Zuidema WP, Catena F. The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery: defining a model for antimicrobial stewardship-results from an international cross-sectional survey. World journal of emergency surgery : WJES 2017; 12: 34.
  • 14 Tarchini G, Liau KH, Solomkin JS. Antimicrobial Stewardship in Surgery: Challenges and Opportunities. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2017; 64: S112-S114.
  • 15 Singh A, Weese JS. Wound infections and antimicrobial use. In: Small Animal Surgery. Fossum T (ed.) St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2017; 148-155.
  • 16 Weese JS. A review of multidrug resistant surgical site infections. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2008; 21: 1-7.
  • 17 Holmberg DL. Prophylactic Antibiotics, Friend or Foe (It depends how well you choose your friends). Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology 1990; 3: 22-23.
  • 18 Pomba C, Rantala M, Greko C, Baptiste KE, Catry B, van Duijkeren E, Mateus A, Moreno MA, Pyörälä S, Ružauskas M, Sanders P, Teale C, Threlfall EJ, Kunsagi Z, Torren-Edo J, Jukes H, Törneke K. Public health risk of antimicrobial resistance transfer from companion animals. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2017; 72: 957-968.
  • 19 Budsberg SC, Kirsch JA. Antibiotic prophylaxis in veterinary orthopaedic surgery. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatolog 2001; 14: 185-189.
  • 20 Gawande A. Two hundred years of surgery. The New England journal of medicine 2012; 366: 1716-1723.
  • 21 Sumner-Smith G. The indiscriminate use of antimicrobials. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2008; 21: I-I.

Address for correspondence

Stephen W. Page, MVetClinStud
Advanced Veterinary
Therapeutics, PO Box 905
Newtown, NSW 2042, Australia

  • References

  • 1 WHO. Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance. http://www.who.int/antimicrobial-resistance/publications/global-action-plan/en/ Geneva: World Health Organization 2015
  • 2 O’Neill J. Review on Antimicrobial Resistance. Tackling drug-resistant infections globally. Final report and recommendations. 2016
  • 3 Knight GM, Costelloe C, Murray KA, Robotham JV, Atun R, Holmes AH. Addressing the unknowns of antimicrobial resistance: quantifying and mapping the drivers of burden. Clinical infectious diseases: an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2017.
  • 4 Hardefeldt LY, Browning GF, Thursky K, Gilkerson JR, Billman-Jacobe H, Stevenson MA, Bailey KE. Antimicrobials used for surgical prophylaxis by companion animal veterinarians in Australia. Veterinary microbiology. 2017; a 203: 301-307.
  • 5 Hardefeldt LY, Browning GF, Thursky K, Gilkerson JR, Billman-Jacobe H, Stevenson MA, Bailey KE. Antimicrobials used for surgical prophylaxis by equine veterinary practitioners in Australia. Equine veterinary journal online ahead of print. 2017 b
  • 6 Guardabassi L, Prescott JF. Antimicrobial Stewardship in Small Animal Veterinary Practice: From Theory to Practice. The Veterinary clinics of North America Small animal practice 2015; 45: 361-376.
  • 7 de Jonge SW, Gans SL, Atema JJ, Solomkin JS, Dellinger PE, Boermeester MA. Timing of preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis in 54,552 patients and the risk of surgical site infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Medicine 2017; 96: e6903.
  • 8 Anderson PA, Savage JW, Vaccaro AR, Radcliff K, Arnold PM, Lawrence BD, Shamji MF. Prevention of Surgical Site Infection in Spine Surgery. Neurosurgery 2017; 80: S114-S123.
  • 9 WHO. World Antibiotic Awareness Week, 13-19. November 2017 World Health Organisation http://www.who.int/campaigns/world-antibiotic-awareness-week/en/ [6 October, 2017]
  • 10 Leeds IL, Fabrizio A, Cosgrove SE, Wick EC. Treating Wisely: The Surgeon’s Role in Antibiotic Stewardship. Annals of surgery 2017; 265: 871-873.
  • 11 May M, Obermaier R, Novotny A, Wagenlehner FM, Brookman-May SD. Face to Face with Multi-Resistant Pathogens: An Urgent Call to Action for Modern Surgeons To Pioneer in Antibiotic Stewardship. Surgical infections 2017; 18: 645-646.
  • 12 Sartelli M, Duane TM, Catena F, Tessier JM, Coccolini F, Kao LS, De Simone B, Labricciosa FM, May AK, Ansaloni L, Mazuski JE. Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Call to Action for Surgeons. Surgical infections 2016; 17: 625-631.
  • 13 Sartelli M, Labricciosa FM, Barbadoro P, Pagani L, Ansaloni L, Brink AJ, Carlet J, Khanna A, Chichom-Mefire A, Coccolini F, Di Saverio S, May AK, Viale P, Watkins RR, Scudeller L, Abbo LM, Abu-Zidan FM, Adesunkanmi AK, Al-Dahir S, Al-Hasan MN, Alis H, Alves C, Araujo da Silva AR, Augustin G, Bala M, Barie PS, Beltran MA, Bhangu A, Bouchra B, Brecher SM, Cainzos MA, Camacho-Ortiz A, Catani M, Chandy SJ, Jusoh AC, Cherry-Bukowiec JR, Chiara O, Colak E, Cornely OA, Cui Y, Demetrashvili Z, De Simone B, De Waele JJ, Dhingra S, Di Marzo F, Dogjani A, Dorj G, Dortet L, Duane TM, Elmangory MM, Enani MA, Ferrada P, Esteban Foianini J, Gachabayov M, Gandhi C, Ghnnam WM, Giamarellou H, Gkiokas G, Gomi H, Goranovic T, Griffiths EA, Guerra Gronerth RI, Haidamus Monteiro JC, Hardcastle TC, Hecker A, Hodonou AM, Ioannidis O, Isik A, Iskandar KA, Kafil HS, Kanj SS, Kaplan LJ, Kapoor G, Karamarkovic AR, Kenig J, Kerschaever I, Khamis F, Khokha V, Kiguba R, Kim HB, Ko WC, Koike K, Kozlovska I, Kumar A, Lagunes L, Latifi R, Lee JG, Lee YR, Leppaniemi A, Li Y, Liang SY, Lowman W, Machain GM, Maegele M, Major P, Malama S, Manzano-Nunez R, Marinis A, Martinez Casas I, Marwah S, Maseda E, McFarlane ME, Memish Z, Mertz D, Mesina C, Mishra SK, Moore EE, Munyika A, Mylonakis E, Napolitano L, Negoi I, Nestorovic MD, Nicolau DP, Omari AH, Ordonez CA, Paiva JA, Pant ND, Parreira JG, Pedziwiatr M, Pereira BM, Ponce-de-Leon A, Poulakou G, Preller J, Pulcini C, Pupelis G, Quiodettis M, Rawson TM, Reis T, Rems M, Rizoli S, Roberts J, Pereira NR, Rodriguez-Bano J, Sakakushev B, Sanders J, Santos N, Sato N, Sawyer RG, Scarpelini S, Scoccia L, Shafiq N, Shelat V, Sifri CD, Siribumrungwong B, Soreide K, Soto R, de Souza HP, Talving P, Trung NT, Tessier JM, Tumbarello M, Ulrych J, Uranues S, Van Goor H, Vereczkei A, Wagenlehner F, Xiao Y, Yuan KC, Wechsler-Fordos A, Zahar JR, Zakrison TL, Zuckerbraun B, Zuidema WP, Catena F. The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery: defining a model for antimicrobial stewardship-results from an international cross-sectional survey. World journal of emergency surgery : WJES 2017; 12: 34.
  • 14 Tarchini G, Liau KH, Solomkin JS. Antimicrobial Stewardship in Surgery: Challenges and Opportunities. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2017; 64: S112-S114.
  • 15 Singh A, Weese JS. Wound infections and antimicrobial use. In: Small Animal Surgery. Fossum T (ed.) St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2017; 148-155.
  • 16 Weese JS. A review of multidrug resistant surgical site infections. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2008; 21: 1-7.
  • 17 Holmberg DL. Prophylactic Antibiotics, Friend or Foe (It depends how well you choose your friends). Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology 1990; 3: 22-23.
  • 18 Pomba C, Rantala M, Greko C, Baptiste KE, Catry B, van Duijkeren E, Mateus A, Moreno MA, Pyörälä S, Ružauskas M, Sanders P, Teale C, Threlfall EJ, Kunsagi Z, Torren-Edo J, Jukes H, Törneke K. Public health risk of antimicrobial resistance transfer from companion animals. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2017; 72: 957-968.
  • 19 Budsberg SC, Kirsch JA. Antibiotic prophylaxis in veterinary orthopaedic surgery. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatolog 2001; 14: 185-189.
  • 20 Gawande A. Two hundred years of surgery. The New England journal of medicine 2012; 366: 1716-1723.
  • 21 Sumner-Smith G. The indiscriminate use of antimicrobials. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology 2008; 21: I-I.