Be Antibiotics Aware: Smart Use, Best Care: U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week, November 12–18, 2018

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion.
• Description:
  U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) is an annual observance highlighting the importance of improving antibiotic prescribing and use, also known as antibiotic stewardship. Improving the way healthcare professionals prescribe antibiotics, and the way we take antibiotics, helps keep us healthy now, helps fight antibiotic resistance, and ensures that these life-saving drugs will be available for future generations. CDC encourages healthcare professionals, patients, and families to learn more about antibiotic prescribing and use.
  
  www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use
  
  Publication date fromd document properties.
  
  USAAW-2018-Observance-508.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anniversaries And Special Events Antimicrobial Stewardship Drug Resistance, Microbial Health Promotion
• Series:
  Be Antibiotics Aware: Smart Use, Best Care
• Document Type:
  Text
• Name as Subject:
  U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week ; U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/60428/cdc_60428_DS1.pdf
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