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. 2021 Oct 22;134(1544):113-128.

Antimicrobial stewardship in human healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand: urgent call for national leadership and co-ordinated efforts to preserve antimicrobial effectiveness

Sharon J Gardiner  1 , Eamon J Duffy  2 , Stephen T Chambers  3 , Mark G Thomas  4 , Michael Addidle  5 , Brendan Arnold  6 , Bruce Arroll  7 , Michelle Nd Balm  8 , Carolina Batlle Perales  9 , Sarah Berger  10 , Emma Best  11 , Bryan Betty  12 , Mark Birch  13 , Timothy K Blackmore  14 , Max Bloomfield  15 , Simon Briggs  4 , Olivia Bupha-Intr  15 , Andrew Burns  16 , Chloë Campbell  17 , Paul Kl Chin  18 , Simon C Dalton  13 , Nicola Davies  19 , Nicholas M Douglas  13 , Tanya du Plessis  20 , Juliet Elvy  21 , Richard Everts  22 , Jared Green  23 , Kate Grimwade  24 , Rupert Handy  4 , Mariam G Hardie  19 , Emma Henderson  25 , David J Holland  26 , Julia Howard  27 , Ben Hudson  28 , Paul Huggan  9 , Heather Isenman  13 , Mohammed Issa  29 , Matthew J Kelly  30 , Cat Li  31 , Anecita G Lim  32 , Joyce Lim  33 , Michael Maze  34 , Sarah Cl Metcalf  13 , Cate McCall  35 , David Murdoch  36 , Grant McRae  37 , Mitzi Nisbet  38 , Alan Pithie  13 , Nigel Raymond  15 , Kerry Read  39 , Dalilah Restrepo  40 , Stephen Ritchie  41 , Ben Robertson  42 , James E Ussher  43 , Lesley Voss  44 , Tony Walls  45 , Haur Sen Yew  13
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Antimicrobial stewardship in human healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand: urgent call for national leadership and co-ordinated efforts to preserve antimicrobial effectiveness

Sharon J Gardiner et al. N Z Med J. .
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Dr Murdoch reports he is a member of the panel for the Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor’s project on Antimicrobial Resistance and Infectious Diseases. Mr McRae reports he is a member of the New Zealand Antimicrobial Stewardship/Infection Pharmacist Expert Group, and a member of the Infection Prevention Advisory Group for ACC. Ms Mccall reports she is a member of the Canterbury District Health Board Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee. Dr Maze reports he is a member of the Canterbury District Health Board Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee. Ms Lim reports that she is a member of the New Zealand Antimicrobial Stewardship/Infection Pharmacist Expert Group and Southern District Health Board Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee. Miss Li reports that she is a member of the New Zealand Antimicrobial Stewardship/Infection Pharmacist Expert Group and a member of the Capital and Coast District Health Board Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee. Dr Kelly reports he is Chair of the National Infection Prevention and Control Expert Group, Ministry of Health. Mr Issa reports he is a member of the New Zealand Antimicrobial Stewardship/Infection Pharmacist Expert Group; a member of the Waikato District Health Board, Antimicrobial Steering Group; coordinator on the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists’ Association – Infectious Disease/Antimicrobial Stewardship Special Interest Network; a member of the New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists’ Association; and a member of Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand. Dr Howard reports involvement in writing antimicrobial guidelines at Waikato District Health Board. Mrs Hardie reports she is a member of the New Zealand Antimicrobial Stewardship/Infection Pharmacist Expert Group and member of the Waitematā District Health Board Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee. Dr Gardiner reports that she is co-lead for the New Zealand Antimicrobial Stewardship/Infection Pharmacist Expert Group; a member of the panel for the Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor’s project on Antimicrobial Resistance and Infectious Diseases; a member of the Steering Group for the ACC scoping report on developing national antimicrobial guidance for NZ; and Secretary of the Canterbury Antimicrobial Stewardship Strategic Group and Secretary of the CDHB Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee. Mr Duffy reports that he is co-lead for the New Zealand Antimicrobial Stewardship/Infection Pharmacist Expert Group; a member of the Ministry of Health AMR Co-ordination (HARC) Group; a member of the Steering Group for the ACC scoping report on developing national antimicrobial guidance for NZ; a member of the PTAC Anti-infective sub-committee (PHARMAC); and a member of Auckland DHB Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee. Ms du Plessis reports that she is Lead for the Counties-Manukau Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Program and Chair for the Counties-Manukau Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee. Dr Chambers reports being Deputy Chair of Canterbury District Health Board Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee; a member of the reference group for the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor’s project on Antimicrobial Resistance and Infectious Diseases; and a member of PTAC Anti-infective sub-committee (PHARMAC). Dr Campbell reports that she is the Pharmaceutical Society of NZ representative on the NZ Antimicrobial Stewardship/Infection Pharmacist Expert Group; a member of the Ministry of Health Antimicrobial Resistance Coordination Group representing the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand; and a member of the Reference Group for the Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor’s project on Antimicrobial Resistance and Infectious Diseases. Dr Bupha-Intr reports that she is a member of the Capital and Coast DHB Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee. Dr Briggs reports that he is a member of the PTAC Anti-Infective Subcommittee (PHARMAC). Dr Birch reports being on the Canterbury District Health Board Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee. Dr Betty reports having provided advice to the panel for the Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor’s project on Antimicrobial Resistance and Infectious Diseases, and being Medical Director of the Royal NZ College of General Practice. Dr Batlle-Perales reports being a member of the Antimicrobial Steering Group at Waikato Hospital. Brendan Arnold is the clinical lead for Antimicrobial Stewardship at Southern District Health Board.

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