Antibiotics

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• What are antibiotics?
• Frequently asked questions
• Why do we need to use antibiotics carefully? 

How to use antibiotics properly

• Proper use of antibiotics
• Guidelines for the prescribing of antibiotics in Ireland
• Controlling antibiotic resistance - the Strategy for the Control of Antimicrobial Resistance in Ireland (SARI)
• Antibiotic Care Bundle

 How much antibiotics do we use?

• How much antibiotics are used in Ireland and Europe?
• Serious infections treatable with antibiotics – Irish and European data
• Antibiotic use in long term care facilities in Ireland
• Point Prevalence Survey of Hospital-Acquired Infections & Antimicrobial Use in European Acute Care Hospitals 2012
• Current reports are now presented in a new format available here

Serious infections treatable with antibiotics:

• CRE
• E.coli
• ESBL
• Group A Streptococcal Disease
• MRSA
• Some sexually transmitted infections
• VRE

Last updated: 15 July 2014