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Improving antimicrobial stewardship

For projects that showcase practical examples where teams are improving antimicrobial stewardship using recognised quality improvement methods.

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This category is for projects that showcase practical examples where teams are improving antimicrobial stewardship using recognised quality improvement methods.

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Previous winners

  • 2025Champion

    Burghfield Veterinary Surgery

    Improving antimicrobial stewardship
    Burghfield Veterinary Surgery reduced their use of antibiotics by 24% in November, by focusing on education, preventative techniques and regular discussion.
    Quality improvementAntimicrobial stewardship (AMS)
  • 2025Champion

    Cockburn Vets

    Improving antimicrobial stewardship
    Cockburn Vets reduced antibiotic usage in dental procedures from 35% of cases in 2023 to 6% of cases in 2024, by auditing and regularly reviewing process.
    Quality improvementAntimicrobial stewardship (AMS)Audits and benchmarks
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  • 2025Champion

    Animal Trust Dewsbury CIC

    Improving antimicrobial stewardship
    Animal Trust Dewsbury CIC significantly cut use of highest-priority, critically important antibiotics (HPCIAs) by focusing on culture/sensitivity testing. Prescription rates fell from 3% to just 0.46%.
    Quality improvementAudits and benchmarksAntimicrobial stewardship (AMS)
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Winning this RCVS Knowledge award really vindicates all the hard work our team has put in! We hope that seeing what a small and dedicated team can achieve helps to inspire others to further antimicrobial stewardship in small animal practice. RCVS Knowledge’s QI training underpinned our use of the clinical audit cycle, and their antimicrobial audit was a great starting point to help us review our use of antimicrobials in general and HP-CIAs in particular.”

Tighearnan Mooney on behalf of Animal Trust Dewsbury CIC 2025 Knowledge Award Champion