The Society of Hospital
Pharmacists (SHPA) and NPS
MedicineWise (NPS) are driving
Antibiotic Awareness Week 18-24
Nov and encouraging health care
professionals to take the pledge to
fight resistance.
Now in its second year, Antibiotic
Awareness Week 2013 takes a One
Health approach to addressing the
spread of antibiotic resistance in
Australia.
Pharmacists can pledge their
commitment at the new interactive
website www.nps.org.au/HPpledge.
The first 3000 health professionals
to take the pledge will also be able
to order a free ‘resistance fighter’
t-shirt to wear during Antibiotic
Awareness Week.The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 13 Nov 13 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 13 Nov 13
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