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Infection prevention and control and review of antimicrobial stewardship practice using the target antibiotic checklist (All contractors) |
On the day of declaration (applies to ALL contractors):
Contractors must have reviewed their current practice using the target antibiotic checklist, in order to provide tailored advice to patients and promote antibiotic awareness and stewardship. This review must be completed by the day of declaration and must be carried out over four weeks with a minimum of 25 patients; or up to eight weeks if the minimum number of patients are not achieved within four weeks.
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Band 1 = 0.75 Band 2 = 10.00 Band 3 = 12.50 Band 4 = 15.00 Band 5 = 17.50 Band 6 = 20.00 |
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For contractors who DID declare as having met the Infection prevention & control and antimicrobial stewardship domain for the PQS 2020/21 Part 2 |
On the day of declaration, contractors must have reviewed and updated their existing antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) action plan and have implemented changes to further promote in their day-to-day practice. |
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For contractors who DID NOT declare as having met the Infection prevention & control and antimicrobial stewardship domain for the PQS 2020/21 Part 2 |
On the day of declaration: All non-registered pharmacy staff working at the pharmacy must have satisfactorily completed the HEE Infection prevention and control level 1 e-learning and assessment on the Health Education England (HEE) e-learning for Healthcare website. All registered pharmacy professionals working at the pharmacy must have satisfactorily completed the HEE Infection Prevention and Control Level 2 e-learning and assessment on the HEE e-learning for Healthcare website. All patient-facing pharmacy staff that provide advice on medicines or healthcare must have satisfactorily completed the PHE Antimicrobial Stewardship for Community Pharmacy e-learning and e-assessment AND |
The points allocation for meeting the Prevention Domain ranges from 0.75 to 20.00 and will be dependent on your total prescription volume for 2020/2021. Each point will be worth between £67.75 and £135.50 and so a contractor can earn between £50.81 and £2710.00
The aim of this criterion is to further support vital work to limit antimicrobial resistance through effective stewardship building on last year’s PQS to promote antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) through community pharmacy, influencing responsible antibiotic prescribing and patients’ personal attitudes and social norms around use of antimicrobials.
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) poses a serious threat to global public health with clinical and economic implications. AMR is driven by the overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics, including taking the wrong kind of antibiotic, not using them as directed or using them at inappropriate doses. Despite reductions in antibiotic use, England continues to dispense large amounts of antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance infections continue to increase.
Using the target antibiotic checklist, appropriately trained staff must discuss the antibiotic prescribed with the patient or representative to ensure safe and effective use.
The data from the checklists must be submitted via the PHE portal application.
The contractor must enter the start and finish date of the audit on the MYS portal at the point of declaration.
NOTE: No patient identifiable data should be entered into the PHE portal application.
When making a declaration for this criterion, the following must be confirmed on the MYS application:
All contractors:
• a declaration that the contractor has completed the target antibiotic checklist review;
• the start and finish date of the review (which may be different from the date data is first entered on the portal)
• a declaration that the contractor has notified the patient’s GP where concerns are identified; and
• a declaration that the contractor has shared their anonymised checklist data via the PHE portal application.
For contactors who DID declare as having met the Infection prevention & control and antimicrobial stewardship domain for the 2020/21 PQS Part 2:
• a declaration the contractor has reviewed and updated their existing AMS action plan at premises level and has implemented changes to further promote AMS in their day-to-day practice.
For contactors who DID NOT declare as having met the Infection prevention & control and antimicrobial stewardship domain for the 2020/21 PQS Part 2:
• the total number of non-registered staff working at the pharmacy who have satisfactorily completed the HEE infection prevention and control Level 1 e-learning and assessment;
• the total number of registered pharmacy professionals working at the pharmacy who have satisfactorily completed the HEE Infection Prevention and Control Level 2 e-learning and assessment;
• the total number of patient-facing pharmacy staff working at the pharmacy who have satisfactorily completed the PHE Antimicrobial Stewardship for Community Pharmacy e-learning and e-assessment
- a declaration that the contractor has completed an AMS action plan at premises level and has implemented changes to further promote AMS in their day-to-day practice (see action plan template below); and
• the number of patient facing staff that provide health advice, who have become Antibiotic Guardians and have an awareness of the local antibiotic formulary.
Antimicrobial Stewardship Action Plan
Numark have produced a training log to help capture PQS training completed by staff at the pharmacy, see below.