Antibiotic Awareness Week: Resources

Antibiotics Awareness Week is Nov 13-19, 2017, and below are many resources you can use:

The WHO has lots of great resources including posters, animated gifs, videos, articles, facts sheets, a quiz, and more… be sure to check out their great web page!

PHSA has several antibiotic-related videos on YouTube:

The National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID) has provided an extensive list of resources:

• Simple things clinicians can do to help reduce unnecessary antibiotic use / Choosing Wisely Canada
• Antibiotic (antimicrobial) resistance: fact sheets / Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Antibiotic resistance fact sheet / World Health Organization (WHO)
• I Use Antibiotics Responsibly Pledge / WHO
• ‘Antibiotics: Handle with care’ campaign video / WHO
• Recommendations for appropriate prescribing of antimicrobials / Bugs and Drugs
• Clinical practice guidelines / Do Bugs Need Drugs
• Antibiotic Quiz / AntibioticWise.ca
• Take the Pledge to Use Antibiotics Wisely! / Antibioticwise.ca
• “Symptom-Free Pee: LET IT BE” / AMMI Canada
• Get Smart About Antibiotics Week / Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• Forum on Sustainable Access to Effective Antibiotics
• Antibiotic Guardian
• European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD)
• AAW Resources / Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
• AAW Toolkit & Resources / NPS MedicineWise
• Antibiotic stewardship / Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA)