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            ‐19 response: the perspectives of infectious diseases physicians and clinical microbiologists

Foley, David A.; Tippett, Emma

doi:10.5694/mja2.50810

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“…Limitations of this study include the relatively small sample size and uptake of the questionnaire, with only a minority of the estimated 600 infectious diseases physicians responding [19] . The sample size lacked power for further sub-analysis.…”

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Attitudes to phage therapy among Australian infectious diseases physicians

Plymoth

Lynch

Khatami

et al. 2023

Preprint

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Due to the rise in antimicrobial resistance (AMR), there has been an increased interest in phage therapy to treat multi-drug resistant infections. In Australia, phage therapy is predominantly used in small clinical studies or for compassionate use, however, despite its potential expansion in modern medicine, the perception of phage therapy among medical professionals remains largely unknown. Therefore, we conducted a national survey of Australian infectious diseases and clinical microbiology advanced trainees and specialists to assess their knowledge, areas of interest, and concerns around the use of phage therapy in clinical practice in Australia. Our survey received 92 responses from infectious diseases and clinical microbiology professionals across all states of Australia. The majority of those surveyed believed that the current national plan for controlling AMR is inadequate and that phage therapy may be an effective solution; with 97% of respondents indicating that they would consider using phage therapy meeting established guidelines for purity and safety (United States Food and Drug Administration and/or European Union guidelines). The respondents indicated a preference for bespoke therapy, with Gram-negative pathogens highlighted as priority targets. Alongside the phage therapy delivery protocols, therapeutic phage monitoring (TPM; like therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM)) was considered important. Cystic Fibrosis, lung-infections, prosthetic device related infections, and infections among patients following transplantation and/or immunosuppression were highly ranked in terms of priorities for clinical syndromes. Accessibility was highlighted as a barrier to phage therapy, specifically timely access (72%) and logistics of phage procurement and administration (70%). Altogether, these results suggest the support of phage therapy among infectious diseases and clinical microbiology advanced trainees and specialists in Australia, and highlights areas of focus and priority in order to advance phage therapy in modern medicine.

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Attitudes to phage therapy among Australian infectious diseases physicians

Plymoth

Lynch

Khatami

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…Recent studies of primary healthcare nurses [15] , paediatric physicians [16] , infectious diseases physicians and clinical microbiologists [17] , [18] in Australia and New Zealand have shown that COVID-19 has had a significant impact on their workload and job security, and have raised significant concerns about risk of infection and the availability of personal protective equipment (PPE). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency clinicians in Australia is not well understood.…”

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Emergency clinicians’ knowledge, preparedness and experiences of managing COVID-19 during the 2020 global pandemic in Australian healthcare settings

Sotomayor-Castillo

Nahidi

et al. 2021

Australasian Emergency Care

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Background Emergency clinicians have a crucial role during public health emergencies and have been at the frontline during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examined the knowledge, preparedness and experiences of Australian emergency nurses, emergency physicians and paramedics in managing COVID-19. Methods A voluntary cross-sectional study of members of the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia, the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, and the Australasian College of Paramedicine was conducted using an online survey (June-September 2020). Results Of the 159 emergency nurses, 110 emergency physicians and 161 paramedics, 67.3-78% from each group indicated that their current knowledge of COVID-19 was ‘good to very good’. The most frequently accessed source of COVID-19 information was from state department of health websites. Most of the respondents in each group (77.6-86.4%) received COVID-19 specific training and education, including personal protective equipment (PPE) usage. One-third of paramedics reported that their workload ‘had lessened’ while 36.4-40% of emergency nurses and physicians stated that their workload had ‘considerably increased’. Common concerns raised included disease transmission to family, public complacency, and PPE availability. Conclusions Extensive training and education and adequate support helped prepare emergency clinicians to manage COVID-19 patients. Challenges included inconsistent and rapidly changing communications and availability of PPE.

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“…Both system-wide and across our sample, ILL requests decreased significantly from 2019 to 2020. This could be attributed to disruption associated with the onset of the pandemic, including rapid shifts to remote learning and working, the need to balance work with increased personal responsibilities, or a change in clinical, research or administrative duties specific to the pandemic (Bahadirli & Sagaltici, 2021;Foley & Tippett, 2020;Thompson et al, 2021). DOCLINE requests have been decreasing annually since 2002, although more modestly, with decreases such as 7.6% between 2015 and 2016 and 6.0% between 2016 and 2017 (Collection Access Section, National Library of Medicine, 2018).…”

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An Exploration of Journals Requested by Health Sciences Libraries Through DOCLINE Interlibrary Loan During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic

Bakker

Koos

Hoogland

et al. 2023

ISTL

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COVID-19 challenged information exchange globally, including interlibrary loan (ILL). This project explored DOCLINE ILL borrowing data from 15 academic, hospital, and association health sciences libraries before and during the pandemic to understand gaps in ILL coverage. We reviewed aggregate filled and unfilled borrowing data from March to August in 2019 and 2020. We compared these time periods to each other and to system-wide fill rates. We normalized journal titles, added journal price and language, calculated descriptive statistics and odds ratios, and conducted 2-proportion z-tests of differences. In our sample of 14,891 requests, the odds of requests being unfilled were 2.7 times higher in 2020 than in 2019. While the proportion of non-English language content requested did not change, a significantly higher proportion went unfilled in 2020. The rate of unfilled requests for older items also rose significantly between 2019 and 2020. Our findings support the conclusion that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly influenced ILL article request fulfillment in health sciences libraries. Libraries should consider collection development strategies to increase the accessibility of articles held only in print, and those with specialized print collections may want to prioritize digitization of older materials. Future research on the availability, utility, and expense of the materials more likely to remain unfilled should inform publisher backfile prioritization as well as consortial and individual library collection development practices.

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COVID ‐19 response: the perspectives of infectious diseases physicians and clinical microbiologists

Cited by 6 publications

References 3 publications

Attitudes to phage therapy among Australian infectious diseases physicians

Attitudes to phage therapy among Australian infectious diseases physicians

Emergency clinicians’ knowledge, preparedness and experiences of managing COVID-19 during the 2020 global pandemic in Australian healthcare settings

An Exploration of Journals Requested by Health Sciences Libraries Through DOCLINE Interlibrary Loan During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic

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