Aisling Rafferty

Pharmacist invested in Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infectious Diseases, Medication Safety, Paediatrics, PharmD research & Parenting 👾💊🧫🧪

[Irish Society of Clinical Microbiologists @iscm_micro]

Congratulations to our colleagues in @CHI_Ireland Temple St and in particular @AisRafferty on their publication in @jac_amr looking at antibiotic prescribing on discharge from Irish EDs @EmergencyProg.
Hear more tomorrow at our spring meeting!
https://t.co/SWf9mNdekQ

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

🆕️⚡️Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Blood Purification for Adult Patients With Severe Infection or Sepsis/Septic Shock #IDTwitter #CCTwitter
https://t.co/JIM4DakVzy

[Aisling Rafferty @AisRafferty]

@ABsteward @JannikStemler @CornelyOliver @RosanneSprute @MellinghoffSC @KoehlerPh @martinhoenigl @AlidaFeTalento

[Children's Health Ireland @CHI_Ireland]

Our IPC team was out today raising awareness for #HandHygiene🤲🫧 and how it can help save lives and stop infections and common viruses from spreading!

For more information➡️https://t.co/uGwbuysFPm

#HandHygieneDay
#WorldHandHygieneDay
#ourchildrenshospital

[Avraham Z. Cooper, MD 🩺 @AvrahamCooperMD]

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Ever wonder why fluoroquinolones increase the risk of tendon rupture?

It seems so random that a whole class of antibiotics could cause tendon injuries, but the risk is real.

#medtwitter #tweetorial

[HSE Ireland @HSELive]

Many antibiotics are no longer effective against some bacteria which means more disease for us to fight. Using antibiotics only when needed can help stop this happening: #KeepAntibioticsWorking

[CHI at Crumlin @CHIatCrumlin]

‘Most children who get ill from a Group A Strep infection will have a mild illness, treated with antibiotics.’

Advice for parents and guardians on Strep A and Scarlet Fever ➡️ https://t.co/oDAuFPyLX7

#ourchildrenshospital

[CHI at Temple Street @TempleStreetHos]

CHI EDs, EDU & UCC are experiencing extremely high numbers of patients.

If your child does not require emergency/urgent care please consider seeing your GP or Pharmacist or managing from home.

Expect long waits if emergency/urgent care not needed. Please be kind to our staff.

[PharmacyDeclares! @PharmDeclares]

Have you heard of the @NewcastleHosps #KidzMed programme?

Helping children take tablets instead of liquid medicines - Better for patients, parents, pharmacies & the environment!
https://t.co/Uk17CwiMjN

[Aisling Rafferty @AisRafferty]

Build a Bug! We are all kids at heart. #WAAW2022 #AMS @AlidaFeTalento @robcunney @CotterMeaghan @TempleStreetHos

[Aisling Rafferty @AisRafferty]

Happy #WAAW2022 from @TempleStreetHos @AlidaFeTalento @robcunney @CotterMeaghan #AMS Join the resistance!!

[Sanjay Patel @doctorsanjay]

Great work bt the BSAC opat drug stability workstream. Invaluable data to support ambulation of patients. And great to see stability data on novel antimicrobials. @MGilchrist123 @BSACandJAC @raseaton66

[The Pharmaceutical Journal @PJOnline_News]

University launches first distance-learning independent prescriber course for pharmacists

https://t.co/iMvO79mogZ

[CHI at Temple Street @TempleStreetHos]

CHI EDs, EDU & UCC are experiencing extremely high numbers of patients.

If your child does not require emergency/urgent care please consider seeing your GP or Pharmacist or managing from home.

Expect long waits if emergency/urgent care not needed. Please be kind to our staff.

[HSE Ireland @HSELive]

From today, everyone in Ireland aged 17 and older will have access to free home testing for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). To find out more, or to order your free home STI test kit visit: https://t.co/1GyOfwSMyr #STIHomeTesting #respectprotect

[The Pharmaceutical Journal @PJOnline_News]

New guidelines recommend that all patients labelled as ‘penicillin allergic' attending secondary or tertiary care should be considered for testing

https://t.co/7BAB3K5HMh

[CUH Antimicrobial Stewardship @CUH_AMS]

Congratulations @Lornajquigley on your new role. Best of luck.

[The Pharmaceutical Journal @PJOnline_News]

Pharmacists work wonders for antibiotic prescribing, finds a study in 6,000 UK general practices 👍👍

https://t.co/LpHP48MrhV

[DocSchmidt @schmidt_doc]

Where is the pharmacist?? #medtwitter #pharmacy #pharmd