Antibiotic Stewardship – the Ultimate Return on Investment: Get Smart About Antibiotics Week, November 18–24, 2013

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.). Get Smart Programs.
• Description:
  Health care facility administrators and payers can focus on stopping unnecessary antibiotic use. Reducing use can prevent antibiotic-resistant and Clostridium difficile infections, as well as decrease costs and improve patient outcomes. ; Did you know? ; 1.Antibiotic resistance is one of the world’s most pressing public health threats. ; 2.Antibiotics are the most important tool we have to combat life‐threatening bacterial diseases, but antibiotics can have side effects. ; 3.Antibiotic overuse increases the development of drug-resistant germs. ; 4.Patients, healthcare providers, hospital administrators, and policy makers must work together to employ effective strategies for improving antibiotic use – ultimately improving medical care and saving lives.
• Subjects:
  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial
• Series:
  Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work
• Document Type:
  Text
• Corporate as Subject:
  Get Smart about Antibiotics Week
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/25905/cdc_25905_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 428.20 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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