Oliver James Dyar

1 Surveillance Surveillance to cover tertiary, secondary public hospitals and PHCs. Surveillance data from clinical settings and livestock farming should be connected to maximize the value of monitoring results. Human sector—Since 2005, a national surveillance system for resistant organisms and antimicrobial use has been set up in 107 hospitals. 35 Ministry of Health Establishing surveillance networks on clinical use of antimicrobials and bacterial resistance.

Abstract : Background: Antimicrobials are some of the most prescribed drugs by junior doctors, but studies suggest most medical graduates feel unprepared for their future prescribing tasks. The aim of the present study was to compare the self-reported preparedness to prudently prescribe antimicrobials of final-year medical students in Croatia in 2015 and 2019. Methods: The same self-reported web-based survey on the preparedness to prescribe antibiotics was used in both 2015 and 2019.

Using antibiotics responsibly: are we there yet? Problems of antibiotic access and excess coexist in the world today and are compounded by rising rates of antibiotic resistance. We introduce two dimensions of responsibility to this context: responsible individual practices and a broad societal obligation centered on sustainability. Acting on these responsibilities requires recognizing the potential tensions between an individual optimum for antibiotic use and the societal optimum.