HEALTH professionals and the public are being asked by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care to 'be part of the solution' and take action to slow the development of antibiotimicrobial resistance (AMR).
The call comes as part of the global Antibiotic Awareness Week (13-19 Nov) campaign endorsed by the World Health Organization.
The Commission's senior medical advisor Professor John Turnidge said, "This Antibiotic Awareness Week we want to encourage people to take action to slow antibiotic resistance by reducing unnecessary prescriptions for antibiotics."
Citing some recent gains noted in the Commission's Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Australia (AURA) 2017, Turnidge said the results were encouraging, and it was "good to see the message beginning to get through."
He sounded a note of caution however referencing the lack of improvement in community clinic antibiotic prescribing habits and subsequent rise of MRSA bloodstream infections.
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