Exit Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022 Question Title * 1. What is antimicrobial stewardship? Promoting judicious use of antimicrobials to prevent them from becoming ineffective Not giving anyone antibiotics anymore because we don’t want microbes to become resistant Giving antibiotics for a cold Taking antibiotics all the time to prevent becoming ill ever Question Title * 2. Which of the following can healthcare staff do to help promote antimicrobial stewardship? Select all that apply. Familiarise themselves with local referral pathways for infection prevention e.g., sexual health clinics and vaccine clinics Prescribe antibiotics to everyone who asks for them Maintain hand hygiene at work Never wash your hands and let infections spread so more people need antibiotics Tell your patients to return their unused antibiotics to their community pharmacy for disposal instead of keeping them for the future Document course lengths when prescribing antibiotics Question Title * 3. How many deaths in 2019 were estimated to be related to antimicrobial resistance globally? 4.43 million 1.27 million 550,000 3.71 million Question Title * 4. True or false? Antibiotic resistance occurs due to the human body, and not the bacterial cell. True False Question Title * 5. True or false? If a patient has a penicillin allergy but isn’t anaphylactic, they can be given penicillin if the benefit outweighs the risk. True False Question Title * 6. Which of these antibiotics is NOT recommended for use for patients with severe penicillin allergies, as per our Trust guidelines? Azithromycin Doxycycline Co-Trimoxazole Cefalexin Question Title * 7. Less than what percentage of individuals claiming to have a penicillin allergy have a true allergy? 15% 24% 20% 5% Question Title * 8. True or False. If you have a penicillin allergy as a child, you're always going to be allergic. True False Question Title * 9. Please enter your NHS email address in order to be in with a chance of winning our grand prize! Done