CDC Public Health Grand Rounds -- Combating Resistance: Getting Smart About Antibiotics
2,262 views · Published 27 November 2013 · 6:19 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) · 2013 · News & Politics
Dr. John Iskander and Dr. Lauri Hicks discuss the problem of excessive and inappropriate antibiotic use and explore the actions providers, patients and public health professionals can take to promote better antibiotic use. Providers must ask themselves: Does this patient have a bacterial infection? What are the harms vs. benefits? Is this the right medication, at the right dose, for the right duration? Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html
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