Antimicrobial Resistance

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Educational Campaigns

The *Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work* campaign is a natioal campaign to educate consumers about appropriate antibiotic use. It is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Food and Drug Administration and supported by State and county helath departments and multiple health and mdical community partners, including AAPA. The public needs to know that antibiotics don't work for viruses such as the cold or flu. The campaign's web site has a wealth of patient information resources including brochures, flyers, posters, notepads and prescription pads that will help you get the message across to them. Link to the Get Smart campaign web site (http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/community/) Links and materials Educational Tools Frequently Asked Questions about Antibiotic Resistance Link to CDC's Antimicrobial Resistance home page	*Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance: A Campaign for Clinicians in Healthcare Settings* consists of multiple 12-step programs targeted at medical specialty clinicians who treat specific patient populations. These target populations include hospitalized adults, dialysis patients, surgical patients, hospitalized children and long-term care patients. Each 12-step program is derived from evidence-based guidelines and recommendations which when implemented can lead to lower rates of antimicrobial-resistant infections and better patient outcomes. Link to the Clinicians' 12-Step Campaign (http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/healthcare/) Links and materials Clinician fact sheets Hospitalized Adults Dialysis Patients Surgical Patients Hospitalized Children Long Term Care setting (coming soon!) Other tools
Other Federal health resources	Other organizations' resources
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/anti_resist.html www.fda.gov/cder/drug/antimicrobial/default.htm www.fda.gov/cvm/antimicrobial/antimicrobial.html National Institutes of Health (NIH) www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/antimic.htm National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System (NNIS) - data for learning about hospital-based resistance patterns within your community. www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/SURVEILL/NNIS.HTM www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/Aresist/aresist.htm Journal of Emerging Infectious Disease Special edition on antimicrobial resistance www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no2/contents.htm Resistance "Iceberg" (click on image to enlarge) (Graphic can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no2/weinsteinG3.htm)	World Health Organization (WHO) www.who.int/csr/drugresist/en/ National Foundation for Infectious Disease (NFID) www.nfid.org Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) www.shea-online.org/ Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) www.apic.org/ Alliance for Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA) www.tufts.edu/med/apua www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/1863-6258.html Infectious Disease Society of American (IDSA) www.idsa.org Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare www.caqh.org American College of Physicians www.acponline.org/ear
AAPA policies on antimicrobial resistance
The AAPA believes that PAs should be aware of the rising problem of antimicrobial resistance in their clinical practice. PAs should incorporate into their knowledge base a full understanding of this issue to include: the natural course of infectious diseases, the appropriate use of antimicrobial therapy, and the importance of adherence to a prescribed therapy. The AAPA strongly recommends that PAs educate their patients regarding antimicrobial resistance. [Adopted 1999] The AAPA encourages the development and dissemination of educational programs on antimicrobial resistance for PAs and PA students. [Adopted 1999] Link to AAPA's Policy Brief on Antimicrobial Resistance (88k pdf)

AAPA policies on antimicrobial resistance