The Consumers Health Forum
(CHF) has called for the release of
figures showing the rate of drug-resistant
antibiotic infections in
Australia’s hospitals.
“The World Health Organisation
has described antibiotic resistance
as one of the biggest threats to
human health today,” says CHF
spokesman, Mark Metherell.
“The National Health
Performance Authority ...
publishes the latest figures on
bloodstream infections caused by
staphylococcus aureus in Australia’s
biggest hospital.
“However it has not been able to
give the rate of infections which
involve antibiotic resistance for
individual hospitals.”The above article was sent to subscribers in Pharmacy Daily's issue from 18 Mar 14 To see the full newsletter, see the embedded issue below or CLICK HERE to download Pharmacy Daily from 18 Mar 14
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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