Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

For Healthcare Workers

• Letters to Doctors

• What can healthcare workers do to combat AMR?
  • Antimicrobials are a precious resource and their effectiveness must be preserved to protect us from infections. Healthcare workers play an essential role in preserving them:
    • Prescribe antibiotics in accordance with therapeutic guidelines in consideration of clinical situations
    • Educate your patients
      • To take antibiotics as prescribed and always complete the full course of medication
      • Discuss about the importance of appropriate antibiotic use and the dangers of AMR where appropriate
      • Talk about how to prevent infections and their spread. For example, vaccination, maintain good personal hygiene and hand hygiene
    • Apply best practice of infection prevention and control, and to practise frequent hand hygiene
    • Receive seasonal influenza vaccination every year
• Guidelines and Resources
  • Reducing bacterial resistance with IMPACT, 5th edition, Hong Kong
  • Antibiotic Stewardship Programme in Primary Care
  • Infection Control Corner
• "I-pledge" certificate for responsible use of antibiotics

Please click here to report any suspected illegal sale of antibiotics to the Drug Office