Resources for Healthcare Professionals

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Learn more about appropriate antibiotic use in outpatient settings. CDC’s Appropriate Antibiotic Use Effort offers a variety of materials to promote appropriate antibiotic prescribing and use in the outpatient setting.

• Guidelines
• Continuing Education and Medical Student Curriculum
• Videos
• Print Materials for Patients
• Measuring Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing

Learn more about appropriate antibiotic use in inpatient healthcare facilities.

• Checklist for Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
• Clinician Guide for Collecting Cultures
• Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs
• Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes
• Healthcare-associated Infections Resources
• Stewardship Program Examples

CDC’s antibiotic use on the farm effort promotes appropriate use of antibiotics in animals. In this capacity, CDC serves as a liaison among the public health community, veterinarians, and food animal producers, and builds relationships between CDC and the animal agriculture industry within the United States.

• Antibiotic Use in Food-producing Animals Overview
• FAQs about Antibiotic Resistance and Food Safety
• Antimicrobial Resistance Learning Site (for veterinarians)

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