NPS MedicineWise used
Antibiotic Awareness Week (16-22
Nov) to call for a ‘cultural shift’
in the way antibiotics are used in
Australia to combat the nation’s
serious health issue of antibiotic
resistance given the lack of new
antibiotics.
University of Queensland
Professor Matt Cooper says that
without new antibiotics ... we’re
dangerously close to heading back
to a pre-antibiotic era, when even
simple infections caused death.
NPS is asking people to take
a five-point pledge around
minimising antibiotic use.
There’s also a new NPS online
learning course titled Introduction
to antimicrobial prescribing - see
www.nps.org.au.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 23 Nov 15 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 23 Nov 15
IN WESTERN Australia, Michael’s Chemist Group has started stocking therapeutic Nicotine Vaping Products (NVPs), pursuant to the Federal Government’s new vaping laws (PD 25 Mar).
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