Open AccessHealth Council adopts Recommendation on prudent use of antimicrobials
Author(s) -
B Twisselmann
Publication year - 2001
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.05.47.02062-en
Subject(s) - medical prescription , antimicrobial , european union , antibiotic resistance , business , medicine , antibiotics , internet privacy , environmental health , pharmacology , biology , computer science , international trade , microbiology and biotechnology
Ministers at the European Union’s Health Council meeting in Brussels on 15 November 2001 adopted unanimously a Recommendation on the prudent use of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents in human medicine (see also IP/01/1596) (1). The Recommendation asks national governments to take measures to contain the spread of antimicrobial resistance by encouraging a more prudent use of antibiotics. Member states are asked to raise awareness and provide information to the general public, to use a precautionary approach (by prescription only), and to improve monitoring of consumption of these drugs.