Antimicrobial resistance and infection control
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Antimicrob Resist Infect Control · Jan 2012
Knowledge and beliefs about antibiotics among people in Yogyakarta City Indonesia: a cross sectional population-based survey.
⋯ Misconceptions regarding antibiotic use exist among people in this study. Therefore, improving appropriate knowledge regarding antibiotic use is required.
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Antimicrob Resist Infect Control · Jan 2012
EditorialWAAR (World Alliance against Antibiotic Resistance): Safeguarding antibiotics.
Resistance to antibiotics has increased recently to a dramatic extend, and the pipeline of new antibiotics is almost dry for the five next years. Failures happen already for trivial community acquired infections, like pyelonephritis, or peritonitis, and this is likely to increase. Difficult surgical procedures, transplants, and other immunosuppressive therapies will become far more risky. ⋯ Action is urgently needed. Therefore, an alliance against MDRO has been recently created, which includes health care professionals, consumers, health managers, and politicians. The document highlights the different proposed measures, and represents a strong consensus between the different professionals, including general practicionners, and veterinarians.
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Antimicrob Resist Infect Control · Jan 2012
Impact of a hospital-wide hand hygiene promotion strategy on healthcare-associated infections.
⋯ Leadership's support of the program evidenced through visible leadership presence, messaging and release of resources is the key factor in helping to make the program a true success. The hospital was recognised as a Global Hand Hygiene Expert Centre in January 2011. The WHO multi-prong interventions work in improving compliance and reducing healthcare associated infections.