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Caroline Chen
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AMS Pharmacist, PhD candidate, project manager @NCAS, RoyalMelbHospital, UniMelb. B.Pharm MPH. Based in Melbourne, Australia. Music lover, mumma bear. #IDsky #AMSsky
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Fever's going up up up... 🎶
Remember to take cultures before starting antibiotics.

Stay tuned for more NCAS Halloween posters over the coming weeks.

@NCASHalloween2025 #antimicrobialoween
October 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
cazchen.bsky.social
Attended my first SHEA conference and wow, what a fantastic and inspiring group of people and presentations.

Thank you to @sheaepi.bsky.social for choosing me as one of your international ambassadors this year, and to my fellow IAPs.

Hope to be back again in the near future!

#SHEASpring2025
May 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Brilliant and inspiring closing plenary presentation from @payalpatel.bsky.social on current and future directions of AMS at #SHEASpring2025.

Thanks for the shout out on our Australian National AU program on antimicrobial prescribing appropriateness @ncas.bsky.social
April 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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#Sorrynotsorry to all our ID dra who have side hustles in martial arts& stand up comedy! Very low probability u are good at this as per #generativeAI
A/Prof Daniel Capurro-Centre of Digital Transformation of Health always providing easy explanations 4 us learning about #ML & #AI #antimicrobials2025
February 22, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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sonkoning.bsky.social
Even more evidence that we should put our efforts on unrestricted antibiotics - high volume of use with low rates of appropriateness! @cazchen.bsky.social compares 2023 #NAPS and #NAUSP data
#antimicrobials2025 #ASA
February 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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What a way to wrap up Day 1 of #ASA2025 with our Director Prof Kas Thursky delivering the prestigious Howard Florey Oration. We’re so proud to be a part of her visionary work pioneering #AMS in Australia and internationally and driving the field forward.

@ausantibiotics.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Proud of our team of clinician researchers at the (unofficial) NCAS session at #ASA2025
February 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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So many reasons why appropriate IV to oral switch is important for AMS and patient care. Amongst them, the considerable time savings, amplified across a whole patient cohort are substantial. Thanks @nikhil-singh.bsky.social for a great presentation at #ASA2025

@ausantibiotics.bsky.social #AMSsky
February 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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The year in clinical microbiology
prof Tony Korman giving us a #bluesky shout out and highlighting the exodus of X to Bluesky to stay up to date on #ID and #micro research & connect with other researchers 💙 #antimicrobials2025 #followus
February 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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A national audit of 200 hospitals showed ongoing poor prescribing in surgical prophylaxis, in particular with extended durations of post-operative prophylaxis.
Dr Courtney Ierano presenting the 2023 results of our Surgical NAPS program @ausantibiotics.bsky.social

#AMSsky #ASA2025
February 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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The Australian Society for Antimicrobials is here!! 🎉👏
@ausantibiotics.bsky.social

@germhuntermd.bsky.social @josemolinagb.bsky.social if you’re still going with the starter packs, can you add them?

#IDsky #AMSsky
December 19, 2024 at 10:25 PM
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idstewardship.bsky.social
📋👀 Did you miss any of these articles from 2024?

📲 www.idstewardship.com/year-review-...

#IDsky with @absteward.bsky.social
December 14, 2024 at 10:40 PM
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I don't want a lot for Christmas... 🎵

www.ncas-australia.org/ClinicalFact...

#antimicrobialmas #AMSsky
December 15, 2024 at 10:40 PM
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It's beginning to look a lot like #antimicrobialmas...

The first in our 2024 NCAS Christmas poster series - stay tuned for the remaining posters to be released over the coming weeks.

#AMSsky
December 6, 2024 at 3:15 AM
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Hi #IDSky! I’m putting together my usual top 10 ID papers of this year list again (this time will post here not in the other world).

Please tell me your candidate papers - practice changing paradigm shifting or dogma challenging!
November 21, 2024 at 8:45 PM
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Can someone help me find the starter packs for ID epi and infection prevention? @germhuntermd.bsky.social I feel like I’ve seen them somewhere but I cannot for the life of me find them now.
November 22, 2024 at 8:36 AM
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And that’s a wrap! 🎬 A huge thanks to all the organizers and presenters for an absolutely fantastic NCAS #WAAW2024 Forum.

What a fabulous day of learning and catching up with our AMS colleagues.

See you all again at the next one!

#AMSsky
November 22, 2024 at 6:20 AM
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The “Valley of death” where basic research doesn’t translate into practice.

Lots of research waste, all of which leads to poorer patient outcomes.

Dr Lisa Guccione speaking about the importance of implementation science in research.

#WAAW2024 forum, #AMSsky
November 22, 2024 at 1:06 AM
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All pharmacists have a role in AMS whether they work in hospitals, community or aged care.

Shift in community pharmacist AMS engagement and training now underway to support the nation-wide community pharmacist prescribing for UTI management.
@ncas.bsky.social #WAAW2024 #AMSsky #Pharmsky
November 22, 2024 at 12:56 AM
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Stunning clear #bluesky here in Melbourne. Looking forward to the @ncas.bsky.social #WAAW2024 forum and a day of great presentations and catching up with #AMS colleagues around the country. #AMSsky #IDsky
November 21, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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absteward.bsky.social
🔥BALANCE RCT🔥
74 hospitals in 7 countries
3,608 patients
A 7-day course of antibiotics for hospitalized patients with bloodstream infections was non inferior to 14d within a 4% prespecified margin for mortality at 90 days #idsky
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections | NEJM
Bloodstream infections are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Early, appropriate antibiotic therapy is important, but the duration of treatment is uncertain. In a multicenter, non...
www.nejm.org
November 20, 2024 at 1:07 PM
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#WAAW2024 Day 4
There always seems to be a medication shortage of some sort...

NCAS have developed medication shortage fact sheets for a range of common antimicrobials, with suggested alternatives based on the Australian Therapeutic Guidelines. #AMSsky #IDsky

www.ncas-australia.org/ClinicalFact...
November 21, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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For day 3 #WAAW2024, we are promoting the incredible work done by our vet colleagues in developing antimicrobial prescribing guidelines and #AMS program resources in companion animals, horses and cattle.

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#AMSSky #Vetsky #OneHealth
November 19, 2024 at 10:40 PM
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#WAAW Day 2
So important for patients to have access to clear, relevant info on their antimicrobial therapy.

Our Patient Info leaflets have been developed by our team of pharmacists, physicians, are UI/UX designed with full consumer review.
www.ncas-australia.org/ClinicalFact...
#IDSky #AMSSky
November 18, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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And on the 7th day, the lord rested…

But the pathogens didn’t, so here are 7️⃣ IDSky starter packs

1 go.bsky.app/LnAQjdq
2 go.bsky.app/JNfSvQT
3 go.bsky.app/FeogT7o
4 go.bsky.app/D1zxj4E
5 go.bsky.app/NgGSPeF
6 go.bsky.app/22VBL8z
7 go.bsky.app/Bf7denw

Bonus:
TxID go.bsky.app/95rzmLi
a cartoon of a hand saying thanks god okilly dokilly
Alt: Ned Flanders from the Simpsons says “Thanks God”. A hand drops from above the cloud in an ok sign and says “okilly dokilly”
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November 17, 2024 at 4:11 PM