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Antibiotics: handle with care!. R emember!. European Antibiotic Awareness Day. Website [National campaign website] Email [email address] Follow us on Twitter [twitter link] Like our Facebook page [ww.facebook.com/......}.
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Antibiotics: handle withcare! Remember! EuropeanAntibiotic AwarenessDay Website [National campaignwebsite] Email [emailaddress] Follow us on Twitter [twitterlink] Like our Facebookpage [ww.facebook.com/......} • Antibiotic resistance is a globalpublichealth threat that can affect everyone: you,me, our familymembers. • Without antibiotics, we will not be able to treat simpleinfections. • You have a responsibility to keep antibiotics working! Website antibiotic.ecdc.europa.eu Email eaad@ecdc.europa.eu Follow us on Twitter@EAAD_EU Like our Facebookpage www.facebook.com/EAAD.EU European AntibioticAwarenessDay is marked each year on or around 18November. Nurses If you want to know more about the antibiotic stewardship programme in your hospital, contact [email address] or call [phonenumber]. See more information at [hospitalwebsite] Insertlogoof national institution Insertlogoof national institution All the statements in this leaflet are supported by scientificevidence. Visit http://antibiotic.ecdc.europa.eu or scan the QRcode.
Antibiotics: handle withcare! Actions that you can take to tackle antibioticresistance: As a nurse, you have a responsibility to ensure that antibiotics remain effective. In your role, youcan: • Prompt prescribers to document their reviewing decision for all patients on antibioticsafter • 48–72hours. • Improve antibiotic administration practicesin collaboration with doctors and pharmacists. • Inform the prescriber or pharmacist if you see a patient has an antibioticprescription which has continued beyond seven days without specifiedduration. Facts Resistance to antibiotics keeps increasing. This issue threatens the health and safety of patients in all healthcare settings inEurope. 1 • Follow infection prevention and control measures that are established in your setting. • Participate regularly in training courses and meetings on prudent antibiotic use, specimen collection, and infection prevention andcontrol. The emergence of bacteria resistant to multiple groupsof antibiotics is particularly concerning, as they canbe severe, costly and evenfatal. • Ensure that patients (and their families) understand the reason for antibiotic therapy, and key points related to antibiotic use, includingto: 2 Up to a half of all antibiotic use in hospitals is unnecessary orinappropriate. take antibiotics exactly asprescribed; never save antibiotics for lateruse; never use leftover antibiotics from previous treatments;and never share leftover antibiotics with other people. 3 You are responsible to ensure that antibiotics remaineffective. 4 • Ensure that cultures are appropriately taken and send to the microbiology laboratory, before startingantibiotics. • Ensure that laboratory results are promptly communicated to the treatingphysician.
Antibiotics: handle withcare! Remember! EuropeanAntibiotic AwarenessDay Website [National campaignwebsite] Email [emailaddress] Follow us on Twitter [twitterlink] Like our Facebookpage [ww.facebook.com/......} • Antibiotic resistance is a globalpublichealth threat that can affect everyone: you,me, our familymembers. • Without antibiotics, we will not be able to treat simpleinfections. • You have a responsibility to keep antibiotics working! Website antibiotic.ecdc.europa.eu Email eaad@ecdc.europa.eu Follow us on Twitter@EAAD_EU Like our Facebookpage www.facebook.com/EAAD.EU European AntibioticAwarenessDay is marked each year on or around 18November. Hospital prescribers If you want to know more about the antibiotic stewardship programme in your hospital, contact [email address] or call [phonenumber]. See more information at [hospitalwebsite] Insertlogoof national institution Insertlogoof national institution All the statements in this leaflet are supported by scientificevidence. Visit http://antibiotic.ecdc.europa.eu or scan the QRcode.
Antibiotics: handle withcare! Actions that you can take to tackle antibioticresistance As a hospital prescriber, you have aresponsibility to ensure that antibiotics remain effective. In your role, youmust: • Initiate antibiotic treatment as soon as possible in patients with severeinfection; • Consider local microbiology and antibiotic resistance patterns when prescribingempirical antibiotictreatments; • Prescribe according to hospital guidelines for common infections and for surgicalprophylaxis; Facts • Identify relevant individual patient background when evaluating the need for an antibiotic prescription, including recent antibiotic use, drug allergies, use of immunosuppressive therapy, recent hospitalisation or institutionalisation, recent travel outside of Europe, and microbiology results for the previous 3months; • Inform your patients of any antibiotics prescribed, and their potential adverseeffects; Resistance to antibiotics keeps increasing. This issue threatens the health and safety of patients in all healthcare settings inEurope. 1 • Participate in annual training courses on prudent antibioticuse. The emergence of bacteria resistant to multiple groupsof antibiotics is particularly concerning, as they canbe severe, costly and evenfatal. 2 • Document the indication for antibiotic treatment, drug choice, dose, route of administration and duration of treatment, in the patient chart, when you prescribe anantibiotic; Up to a half of all antibiotic use in hospitals is unnecessary orinappropriate. 3 • Follow infection prevention and controlguidance; You are responsible to ensure that antibiotics remaineffective. 4 • Ensure that relevant cultures are takentimely. • Re-evaluate treatment after 48 – 72 hours, or when results from microbiological samples are available;
Antibiotics: handle withcare! Remember! EuropeanAntibiotic AwarenessDay Website [National campaignwebsite] Email [emailaddress] Follow us on Twitter [twitterlink] Like our Facebookpage [ww.facebook.com/......} • Antibiotic resistance is a globalpublichealth threat that can affect everyone: you,me, our familymembers. • Without antibiotics, we will not be able to treat simpleinfections. • You have a responsibility to keep antibiotics working! Website antibiotic.ecdc.europa.eu Email eaad@ecdc.europa.eu Follow us on Twitter@EAAD_EU Like our Facebookpage www.facebook.com/EAAD.EU European AntibioticAwarenessDay is marked each year on or around 18November. Infectiousdisease specialists If you want to know more about the antibiotic stewardship programme in your hospital, contact [email address] or call [phonenumber]. See more information at [hospitalwebsite] Insertlogoof national institution Insertlogoof national institution All the statements in this leaflet are supported by scientificevidence. Visit http://antibiotic.ecdc.europa.eu or scan the QRcode.
Antibiotics: handle withcare! Actions that you can take to tackle antibioticresistance and treatment of infectiousdiseases. As an infection disease specialist, you have a responsibility to ensurethat antibiotics remain effective. In your role, youcan: • Regularly train hospital prescribers on prudent antibiotic use and participate in meetings on implementing evidence-based hospital antibiotic guidelines. Facts • Support the development and implementation of an antibiotic stewardship programme within your organisation. Resistance to antibiotics keeps increasing. This issue threatens the health and safety of patients in all healthcare settings inEurope. 1 • Provide feedback and advice to prescribers on diagnosticevaluation • Promote local guidelines on managing infections and usingantibiotics.These should be readily and reliably accessible to all healthcareproviders. The emergence of bacteria resistant to multiple groupsof antibiotics is particularly concerning, as they canbe severe, costly and evenfatal. 2 Up to a half of all antibiotic use in hospitals is unnecessary orinappropriate. 3 • Check that antibiotic prescriptions follow antibiotic treatment protocols, based on evidence-basedguidelines. You are responsible to ensure that antibiotics remaineffective. 4 • If you see staff members at the hospital or healthcare setting who breach guidelines or protocols, ask them why they are doing so and provide them with tools to understand what they are doingwrong.
Antibiotics: handle withcare! Remember! EuropeanAntibiotic AwarenessDay Website [National campaignwebsite] Email [emailaddress] Follow us on Twitter [twitterlink] Like our Facebookpage [ww.facebook.com/......} • Antibiotic resistance is a globalpublichealth threat that can affect everyone: you,me, our familymembers. • Without antibiotics, we will not be able to treat simpleinfections. • You have a responsibility to keep antibiotics working! Website antibiotic.ecdc.europa.eu Email eaad@ecdc.europa.eu Follow us on Twitter@EAAD_EU Like our Facebookpage www.facebook.com/EAAD.EU European AntibioticAwarenessDay is marked each year on or around 18November. Physicians inlong- term carefacilities If you want to know more about the antibiotic stewardship programme in your hospital, contact [email address] or call [phonenumber]. See more information at [hospitalwebsite] Insertlogoof national institution Insertlogoof national institution All the statements in this leaflet are supported by scientificevidence. Visit http://antibiotic.ecdc.europa.eu or scan the QRcode.
Antibiotics: handle withcare! Actions that you can take to tackle antibioticresistance • Promote vaccination programmes for residents andstaff. • As a physician in a long-term care facility,you have a responsibility to ensure that antibiotics remain effective. In your role, youcan: • Implement infection prevention and control measures. • Regularly participate in training courses and in meetings that support the implementation in the hospital of prudent antibiotic use, local antibiotic guidelines, and infection prevention and controlmeasures. Facts • Educate medical and nursing staff about areas where antibiotic misuse is common, such as antibiotic prophylaxis and excessively long durations oftreatments. Resistance to antibiotics keeps increasing. This issue threatens the health and safety of patients in all healthcare settings inEurope. 1 • Organiseeducational events and campaigns that provide residents with information on prudent antibioticuse. • Ensure that residents (and their families) understand the reasons for antibiotic therapy, and key points related to antibiotic use, including to: • Take antibiotics exactly asprescribed; • Never save antibiotics for lateruse; • Never use leftover antibiotics from previous treatments; • Never share leftover antibiotics with other residents or otherpeople. The emergence of bacteria resistant to multiple groupsof antibiotics is particularly concerning, as they canbe severe, costly and evenfatal. 2 • Regularly organise audits/surveys of antibiotic prescribing practices and of healthcare- associatedinfections. Up to a half of all antibiotic use in hospitals is unnecessary orinappropriate. 3 You are responsible to ensure that antibiotics remaineffective. 4 • Reassess antibiotic treatments in light of clinical conditions at 48–72 hours, or as soon as microbiological results areavailable. • Only start antibiotic treatment if there is evidence of a bacterialinfection.
