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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Antibiotic Prescribing and Use

About this resource:

HHS Non-systematic Review

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Last Reviewed: November 2020

Workgroups: Food Safety Workgroup, Healthcare-Associated Infections Workgroup

This website is part of Be Antibiotics Aware, a national effort to help fight antibiotic resistance and improve antibiotic prescribing and use. It includes:

  • Training and resources for health care providers
  • Patient education resources
  • Antibiotic use data and research findings
  • Information about antibiotic stewardship
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Objectives related to this resource (2)

Prevent an increase in the proportion of nontyphoidal Salmonella infections that are resistant to multiple drug classes — FS‑05
Baseline only
Reduce inappropriate antibiotic use in outpatient settings — HAI‑D01
Developmental

Suggested Citation

1.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Antibiotic prescribing and use: appropriate antibiotic use. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/index.html