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National Pharmacist Day is celebrated each year on January 12.

A new World Health Organization (WHO) report reveals high levels of resistance in bacteria that cause life-threatening bloodstream infections, as well as increasing resistance to treatment in several bacteria causing common infections based on data reported by 87 countries in 2020.

Selecting antimicrobial agents for preventing, controlling, and treating bacterial disease in animals requires weighing multiple factors. These include likelihood of pathogenic bacteria being present, expected response to therapy, availability of effective formulations, logistics of administering drugs in animals, cost, and legal restrictions. Use of AST can provide evidence related to the expected response to therapy when AST is applied judiciously and interpreted appropriately.

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) is an annual global campaign to improve awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and encourage best practices among the public, One Health stakeholders, and policymakers, who all play an important role in reducing the further emergence and spread of AMR. WAAW will be celebrated November 18-24.

Standards make the world a safer place. They touch almost every part of our daily lives by ensuring that products and services work the way that we expect them to, making life safer and more enjoyable. Standards are essential to creating a fairer, more sustainable world and achieving the United Nation’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)  Member States have recognized CLSI as an official non-state actor for three years. PAHO acts as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO) and engages with non-state actors in view of their significant role in global health.

Learn more about CLSI’s new CEO, Barbara J. Jones, PhD.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking multiple cases of monkeypox that have been reported in several countries that don’t normally report monkeypox, including the United States. They are urging healthcare providers in the US to be alert for patients who have rash illnesses consistent with monkeypox and are working with state and local health officials to identify people who may have been in contact with individuals who have tested positive for monkeypox, so they can monitor their health. According to CDC, Monkeypox is rare and does not spread easily between people without close contact. The threat of monkeypox to the general US population remains low.

CEO Glen Fine's Farewell Message

Audrey N. Schuetz, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN April Bobenchik, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA Shelley Campeau, Microbiology Consultant, Tucson, AZ The CLSI AST Subcommittee has...