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What You Can Do to Help Combat Antimicrobial Resistance

Why it matters

In July 2024, CDC published聽. These new data show that six bacterial antimicrobial-resistant hospital-onset infections increased by a combined 20% during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic period, peaking in 2021, and remaining above pre-pandemic levels in 2022. In addition, the number of reported clinical cases of聽C. auris鈥攁 type of yeast that can spread in healthcare facilities, is often resistant to antifungal medications, and can cause severe illness鈥攊ncreased nearly five-fold from 2019 to 2022.

These data show that additional action is critical to slow the spread and impact of antimicrobial resistance (AR). From travelers, animal owners, and caregivers to patients and healthcare providers, we all have a role to play to combat antimicrobial resistance.

奥丑补迟听聽to help combat antimicrobial resistance?

• Ask聽your healthcare provider or veterinarian about the best treatment when you, your family, or an animal is sick. Antibiotics and antifungals aren鈥檛 always the answer.
• Keep聽your hands clean by washing or using hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol to help stop germs from spreading.
• 厂迟补测听up聽to date on recommended vaccines to help prevent infections, slow antimicrobial resistance, and reduce antibiotic and antifungal use.
• 笔谤别辫补谤别听聽to avoid foodborne infections. Clean your hands, utensils, and surfaces. Separate raw meat from other foods. Cook foods to safe temperatures. Chill foods promptly.
• Know about (and use!)聽safer sex options, such as聽聽the right way every time you have sex, to lower your risk of getting a drug-resistant sexually transmitted infection.

What can聽聽do to combat antimicrobial resistance?

• Follow聽infection prevention and control guidelines, including screening at-risk patients when indicated.
• Improve聽antibiotic and antifungal prescribing by following clinical and treatment guidelines.
• Be aware聽of infections and antimicrobial resistance trends in your facility and community.
• Inform聽patients and families if they have an antimicrobial-resistant infection, as well as sexual partners when appropriate.
• Know聽when to report cases and submit resistant isolates to the health department to identify unusual resistance or treatment failures. *Use the聽聽to report gonorrhea cephalosporin treatment failure or other concerning lab results*.
• Ensure聽your patients receive recommended vaccines.
• Educate聽your patients and their families about preventing the spread of germs and infections,聽keeping聽scrapes and wounds clean, managing chronic conditions, seeking medical care when an infection is not getting better, and understanding when antibiotics and antifungals are needed.

Check out some of the resources we shared during USAAW!

• Be Antibiotics Aware聽educational materials for聽听补苍诲听. You can order FREE print resources by calling 1-800-CDC-INFO or visiting聽. Select 鈥淎ntibiotic Use鈥� from the Program drop-down menu and click 鈥淎pply鈥� to view all available publications.
• 聽for healthcare professionals, partner organizations, health departments, and professional societies.
• New Safe Healthcare blogs on聽听补苍诲听.
• A new聽聽that are using a powerful new laboratory tool to combat dangerous AR.
• 聽in the U.S.