Pharmacist passionate about health systems improvement and Antibiotic Stewardship, based in Johannesburg. Views my own.

Joined November 2013
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Angeliki Messina retweeted
30 Nov 2022
Meeting w amazing #pharmacists in South Africa for #antibiotic stewardship 2trained โฆ@OSUWexMedโฉ and r now national leaders๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜Š
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Angeliki Messina retweeted
LORENZO MESSINA: What EOH can teach us about strengthening risk culture bit.ly/3yay6IH

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Our #OpenAccess podcast โ€œImplementing Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Resource Limited Settingsโ€ is available now! Listen to the discussion of the importance of ASPs, including successes/obstacles in LMIC ft Dr. Gabriel Levy Hara and @AngPharmID #AMR ow.ly/ttkp50HaUaF
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Angeliki Messina retweeted
2 Dec 2021
If you've been feeling stagnant, uninspired and unmotivated, you're probably languishing. Here's why it happens โ€” and how to escape it: t.ted.com/tB6zGDj

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Dr. Murthy discusses how stress manifests in our lives during the pandemic, with people experiencing shifts in sleeping patterns or ability to focus at work: "This is one of those moments that being gentle with ourselves & each other is more important than ever before." #IHIForum
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#Sisonke phase 2 - Johnson and Johnson booster for #Healthcareworkers wraps up in just 8 days. For goodness sake, all HCWs please go immediately to your nearest site if you haven't had your booster #NeverTooLateToVaccinate #GetVaccinatedNow #VaccinesWork
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Day 3 #SAASP Preceptorship #AntibioticStewardship course with hands on AS rounds at #GrooteSchuurHospital, hosting colleagues from ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ & the majestic mind of @NSchellack. A great mutual learning experience during #WAAW2021 @ABpreservation @AngPharmID @Denavandenbergh
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Absolutely love this especially when navigating implementation of an antibiotic stewardship intervention! @inspired2leadQH @ABpreservation @SouthAfricanASP @NSchellack @idpharmd @e_charani #SAASP21
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Angeliki Messina retweeted
I feel this needs repeating... Numbers are always lower on a Mon & Tues so you need to compare today to last Monday, not yesterday. Last Monday there was 58 cases in GP vs 239 today which means the average is still going up.
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Strengthening stewardship efforts with colleagues from ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ - Day 1 - from classifying microorganisms by Dr H Tootla to principles in #AMS by @SouthAfricanASP - ending with #AMS in practice @AngPharmID & @maletjeabsct #AntibioticAwarenessWeek
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Angeliki Messina retweeted
18 Oct 2021
Replying to @AngPharmID
@AngPharmID @inspired2leadQH published a paper from South Africa #pharmacists on โ€œhangtimeโ€ interventions, the time from the #antibiotic order to infusion and yes every hour โฐ makes a difference in sepsis!
Timely & appropriate antibiotic treatment is a necessary frst step to insure good outcomes in treatment of life threatening infections esp sepsis Excellent review article @Crit_Care by Dr. Marin Kollef ๐ŸŒŸTiming of antibiotics therapy in ICU๐ŸŒŸ #IDTwitter ccforum.biomedcentral.com/arโ€ฆ
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Replying to @NSchellack
@NSchellack & @AngPharmID two of ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆโ€˜S leading #AntibioticStewardship Pharmacists training AMS teams from ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ and ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ on the 4-day #SAASP stewardship course #WAAW2021. Critical to share experiences & learn from this diverse group of colleagues. @ABpreservation @Denavandenbergh
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Excited to be kicking off the first #SAASP #AMS Centerโ€™s of Excellence Programme with clinicians and pharmacist from 5 African countries in #WAAW2021 @ABpreservation @SouthAfricanASP @AngPharmID @idpharmd @NCAS_Aus @CIDRAP @CIDRAP_ASP @sasocp @shaheenmehtar @EssackSabiha
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๐Ÿ†•๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ’ฅ #IJAA @EveTacconelli @LauraPiddock @lodise_tom Systematic review and meta-analysis of in vitro efficacy of antibiotic combination therapy against carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacilli #IDTwitter sciencedirect.com/science/arโ€ฆ
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Update Shorter Is Better Table! 12 CAP studies now! 3 days taking over from 5? bradspellberg.com/shorter-isโ€ฆ
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.@CDCgov has called #antibioticresistance โ€œone of the biggest public health challenges of our time.โ€ Listen: ow.ly/MFxN50EeKtI

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Jo'burg, AKA Jozi, is misunderstood and underappreciated. Best weather in the world; one of the few big cities in the world that's friendly and where it's normal for strangers to have fat chats; diverse and integrated; surprisingly pretty with the world's biggest manmade forest
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Angeliki Messina retweeted
2 Apr 2021
ANNOUNCEMENTโ€ผ๏ธ The @SIDPharm Antimicrobial Stewardship Advocacy Toolkit is now available! Check it out to see how you can promote AMS! ๐Ÿ‘‡ Link: sidp.org/AMSToolkit #AMSToolkit #IDTwitter #Advocacy #Launch
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