U.S. action & events to combat antimicrobial resistance

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion.
• Description:
  Antimicrobial resistance is a national public health priority, and the U.S. government has taken ambitious steps to fight this threat. Federal agencies are working together to:
  
  • Respond to new and ongoing antimicrobial-resistant threats
  
  • Strengthen detection of antimicrobial resistance
  
  • Enhance efforts to slow the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance
  
  • Improve antibiotic and antifungal use and reporting of how and when they are used
  
  • Advance development of rapid diagnostics for resistant pathogens
  
  • Enhance infection control measures to prevent resistant infections
  
  • Accelerate research on new antibiotics, antifungals, and drug alternatives
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Key U.S. Actions: 2013 to present
• Subjects:
  Anti-Infective Agents CDC--history Drug Resistance, Microbial Health Policy History, 21st Century Public Health
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Genre:
  Chronology
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d1e36d8b707d8e434a6bec797fd224b49ea3073d630e8ef19d468a4ba69290cb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/118943/cdc_118943_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 97.33 KB ]