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Italy
 APUA-Italy
was established in 1996, with assistance from a core group of 20
healthcare professionals from different hospitals in the region.
The group has been seeking collaboration from township and local
institutions, and received official recognition from the Ministry
of Health, which appointed its representative therein. In this initial
effort, the group has been established with a prevalent regional
basis; nevertheless, the need of seeking broader membership representation
is fully perceived, in order to gain a national dimension and to
bring together the numerous and precious experiences in antibiotic
usage country-wide.
Chapter objectives:
- Educational goal:
awareness of bacterial eco-systems in
health operators and also citizens, through schools and
social institutions
- Research
goal: address research to monitor local patterns
in bacterial susceptibility, prescribing habits and
antibiotic usage in clinical, veterinary and food
production domain
- Communication
goal: collaboration with institutions,
local organizations, communication media to promote
citizen sensitization, development of social policies
aimed to avoid inappropriate use of antimicrobials in all
its domains (medical, veterinary, etc.), by ways of a
wider environmental ethics
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