Compliance with formulary restrictions as well as pre-approval and post-authorisation requirements for specific antibiotics decreases the use of these antibiotics in intensive care unit settings
Key messages for professionals working at hospitals and other healthcare settings: managers/administrators, infectious disease specialists, infection prevention and control professionals, epidemiologists, prescribers, junior doctors and students, pharmacists, nurses, clinical microbiologists, and professionals in emergency departments, in intensive care units, and in long-term care facilities.
The social media cards are intended to disseminate key facts about antibiotic resistance and can be used publicly on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest as well as in groups or intranets in hospitals or other healthcare settings.
Factsheet provides the latest available scientific evidence about antibiotic resistance that is relevant to hospitals: e.g. antibiotic resistance is increasing overall, bacteria that are resistant to multiple group of antibiotics is of particular concern, and antibiotic stewardship programmes are effective.
A leaflet for infectious disease specialists presents key facts about antibiotic resistance, as well as actions that each professional group can take to tackle the issue.
A leaflet for physicians in long-term care facilities presents key facts about antibiotic resistance, as well as actions that each professional group can take to tackle the issue.
A leaflets for nurses presents four key facts about antibiotic resistance, as well as actions that each professional group can take to tackle the issue.