Each year, 33000 people die from an infection due to bacteria resistant to antibiotics. The burden of infections is comparable to that of influenza, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS combined.
Communicating to professionals in hospitals and long-term care facilities
Up to half of all antibiotic use in hospitals is unnecessary of inappropriate. Antibiotic misuse in hospitals is a major driver of antibiotics resistance. What can be done?
A EUROPEAN HEALTH INITIATIVE
