Summary
This report was published by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).
Key points
• Antibiotic resistance is described bythe WHO as a ‘major threat’
• Drug-resistant infections kill 25,000people each year in the EuropeanUnion
• Without a global and multi-faceted response, an increasing number of previously treatable infectious diseases will become life-threatening conditions
Call to action
• Investment in initiatives to promote hand hygiene
• Campaigns to increase understanding of the appropriate use of antibiotics
• Greater utilisation of the wider public health workforce to support patient compliance with medicines
Taking individual action to tackle antibiotic resistance (RSPH, November 2014)
https://www.rsph.org.uk/static/uploaded/41aa1777-5c46-472b-9165d13b9fb1a8d5.pdf
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