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<p>Medical practitioners are expected to state the cause of death on death certificates
to the best of their knowledge and belief, including where a resistant infection was
a contributory factor. Consistently citing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a cause
of death on the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) could provide better
data on the scale and impact of AMR and improve public awareness of the issue.</p><p>In
November 2022, as part of the National Medical Examiner’s “Good Practice Series”,
the Royal College of Pathologists published a paper to help medical examiner offices
align with the UK AMR National Action Plan, and support surveillance of antimicrobial
resistance. The paper asks medical examiners to encourage and educate those writing
MCCDs to accurately record the organism responsible for the infection, whether it
was resistant to microbial therapy, and whether the infection was hospital- or community-associated,
where this is known. A copy of the paper is attached.</p>
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