105 results for antibiotics

• Using Antibiotics Wisely in Primary Care

  …Using Antibiotics Wisely It is estimated that over 90% of antibiotics are prescribed in the community. To help reduce unnecessary antibiotic use in primary care, Using Antibiotics Wisely has created…

• Emergency Medicine - Recommendations

  …antibiotics are an effective alternative to immediate antibiotics to reduce antibiotic use. Inappropriate administration of antibiotics can expose patients to unnecessary risks (i.e., allergies, rash and diarrhea), and increase overall…

• Otolaryngology - Recommendations

  …treatment of acute tympanostomy tube otorrhea (TTO) and acute otitis externa (AOE) when compared to oral antibiotics. For these reasons, topical antibiotics rather than oral antibiotics should be prescribed as…

• Be Wary of Using Antibiotics to Fight Cold and Flu

  …are usually viral in nature but that are often prescribed antibiotics unnecessarily include sinus infections, ear infections and chest colds (or bronchitis). Antibiotics do not typically help for any of…

• Antibiotics for Ear Infections in Children

  …by bacteria or by a virus. Health care providers often treat bacterial infections with antibiotics. Antibiotics are strong medications that kill bacteria. Infants and some children do need antibiotics. But…

• Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infections in Older People

  …don’t. Antibiotics for Urinary Tract Infections in Older People When you need them and when you don’t. Antibiotics are medicines that can kill bacteria. Health care providers often use antibiotics…

• Canadians’ Knowledge and Awareness about Unnecessary Antibiotics

  …an antibiotic, and when they do not. Knowledge on effectiveness of antibiotics Survey respondents were split down the middle when asked whether “antibiotics kill viruses” with 50% indicating this is…

• Using Antibiotics Wisely in Long-Term Care

  …care. The poster encourages clinicians to reflect before collecting urine for suspected UTIs in older adults. Using Antibiotics Wisely Many older adults receive antibiotics for urinary tract infections (UTIs) even…

• Hospital Dentistry - Recommendations

  …antibiotics may be prescribed in addition to drainage of the abscess. When antibiotics are used, consider strategies such as delayed prescriptions and/or shortened durations with reassessment for antibiotic resistance risk…

• Overdiagnosis of UTI leads to overuse of antibiotics in the elderly

  …same way: what’s the downside of treating for possible UTI, just in case? Isn’t it better to be “safe” and give a course of antibiotics? The reality is that antibiotics…