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United Kingdom
APUA- United Kingdom
was founded in May of 2003 in affiliation with the British Society
for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Members were drawn from the Society
and the two organizations will support each other and collaborate.
Bugs &
Drugs on the Web: NeLI Antimicrobial Resistance Website
Chapter
Achievements & Ongoing Activities
- In February 2008 the Department of Health released a new Public
Education Campaign, with the main messages on posters and leaflets
to be displayed in general practice surgeries and in newspapers
and magazines read, particularly, by young adults with children.
- The Department of Health and British Society for Antimicrobial
Chemotherapy (BSAC) are producing guidelines on the control
and management of MRSA and /Clostridium difficile/; both of
these contain patient information leaflets.
- England is leading a European project ‘e-Bug’ which aims to
produce an educational pack and complimentary website with web-based
games for junior and senior schools, to be launched in summer
2009. The draft packs are currently being evaluated in schools
in the Czech Republic, England and France.
- The BSAC, Health Protection Agency (HPA)
and DH have sponsored a microbe and antibiotic science road-show.
The aim of the road-show is to teach the general public about
microbes and prudent antibiotic use and how to reduce the spread
of infection and antibiotic resistance through improving hand
and respiratory hygiene road-show was attended by over 10,000
people over 5 days in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (please see
photos of science show below)
 
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