Antibiotic awareness
September 16, 2015
The Australian Commission on
Safety and Quality in Health Care
(ACSQHC) and NPS MedicineWise
are working with a range of
organisations to encourage the
responsible use of antibiotics in
Australia, starting in November
with Antibiotic Awareness Week.
With the theme “Antibiotics:
handle with care”, Antibiotic
Awareness Week 2015, being
conducted 16 to 22 Nov, urges
all Australians to play a part
in addressing the threat of
antimicrobial resistance, said
ACSQHC.
A global action plan to tackle
the growing problem of antibiotic
resistance was endorsed at the
Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly
in Geneva, Switzerland in May this
year.
Unless individuals take definitive
action by not expecting antibiotics
when they have viral infections, and
only taking them when prescribed,
antibiotics may fail in the future
said ACSQHC, with infections that
were once easy to treat becoming
untreatable.
Antibiotic Awareness Week 2015
is being coordinated in Australia
in conjunction with the Australian
Government Department of Health
and Department of Agriculture, the
Australian Veterinary Association,
and state and territory health
departments.
The campaign is supported by a
number of professional societies
and groups.
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