Directions:Antibiotics have saved millions of lives since they were first observed by Pasteur and

Directions:
Antibiotics have saved millions of lives since they were first observed by Pasteur and Koch and later named by Selman Waksman in 1942. Unfortunately, antibiotic-resistant microbial strains are becoming more prevalent and therefore making once easily treated infections more difficult to treat.

For your initial discussion post, share your thoughts on three ways that society—not physicians or medical staff—can help to reduce the development of drug-resistant microbial strains.

For your reply post, expand on your peers’ ideas by sharing examples from your own experience or readings, suggesting outside resources to support the topic, and/or asking furthering questions to dig deeper into the topic.

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Tyreese Stallworth
6 hours ago, at 3:07 PM NEWAfter years of working in internal medicine/ pediatrics, people would constantly come into the office and immediately request and at times demand antibiotics. Medical staff would often have to take time to educate these patients about drug-resistant microbial and how giving a patient antibiotics too often or for viruses will only kill good bacteria and cause more problems.

We would remind our patients of the importance of washing their hands with soap and water often especially before eating. We would also remind patients to carry hand sanitizer to use while in public when soap and water aren’t accessible. Another thing we would remind our patients young and old was to cover their cough and sneezes using their arms no their hands. Lastly, patients would often come into the office and tell us they already started taking antibiotics from a previous illness or that they borrowed some from a relative. This is when we would immediately stress the importance of only taking antibiotics when directed by a physician.

Reference:
Graves, Ginny ( Sept 10, 2001). 5 Ways to Prevent More Antibiotic Resistance. Health
5 Ways to Prevent More Antibiotic Resistance | Health.com