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Health Council adopts Recommendation on prudent use of antimicrobials
- By B Twisselmann
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Citation style for this article: . Health Council adopts Recommendation on prudent use of antimicrobials. Euro Surveill. 2001;5(47):pii=2062. https://doi.org/10.2807/esw.05.47.02062-en
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Abstract
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.
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