The framework

On the following pages, you can access the knowledge, skills and behaviour statements for each of the different staff groups:

1. Supporting staff

   Defined as staff in supporting health or social care roles who interact with those in care or their carers, but who are not involved in direct care. Examples are receptionist, medical secretaries, porters transporting those in care, etc. These are staff who might speak to those in care, or their families or carers, answer questions, receive requests or complaints, etc.

2. Non-prescribers

   Defined as staff/students who provide direct care to people, e.g. by dispensing and administering antimicrobials, monitoring treatment or caring for people with infection, but do not prescribe antimicrobials.

   This includes:

   1. Staff/students from services related to antimicrobial stewardship;
      • laboratory staff from microbiology or virology laboratories
      • pharmacy staff
   2. All registered nursing and midwifery staff/students
   3. Other staff/students with many different roles and from different care settings, e.g. allied health professionals, dental nurses, clinical healthcare support workers, care home or home care support workers. However, not all statements will apply to all of these staff/students.
       

3. Prescribers of antimicrobials

   Defined as medical and non-medical prescribers, e.g. medical and dental students, medical doctors, and dentists. This group also includes other health and social care staff who have completed an accredited prescribing course and registered their qualification with their regulatory body, for example pharmacists, nurses, midwives, and allied health professionals.
   
   

4. Health or social care staff in management roles

   Defined as staff who do not provide direct care but can influence antimicrobial stewardship in a managerial role. This includes staff who have health and social care organisational or public health responsibilities and those who manage health and care services and undertake activities that can support antimicrobial stewardship. This includes those with health and social care roles in e.g. procurement, strategic planning and policy development, and non-executive and executive health board members.