References & Resources
Campaigns
- Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work
- Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work on the Farm
- National MRSA Education Initiative
- Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
- Ounce of Prevention Campaign
- Fight Bac!® Partnership for Food Safety Education (CDC Partnership)
Surveillance Systems
- Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs)
- National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
- National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS)
- Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP)
- Emerging Infections Programs (EIP)
Podcasts
- Too Much of a Good Thing (4:14)
- Pharmacists Can Make the Difference (2:21)
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) (4:57)
- Antibiotics: One of the Greatest Discoveries of the 20th Century (1:38)
- Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work (5:58)
- Antimicrobial Drugs in the Home (4:07)
E-cards
Videos
Other U.S. Federal Government Web sites
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
- U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance (BEAR)
- NARMS -National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System Animal Isolates
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Antimicrobial Resistance (Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM))
- Antimicrobial Resistance (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research [CDER])
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Congressional Testimony
- Antibiotic Resistance [PDF 180 KB]
Statement of Ali Khan, MD, MPH, Assistant Surgeon General and Acting Deputy Director, National Center for Emerging & Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, July 14, 2010 - Antibiotic Resistance and the Threat to Public Health [PDF 119 KB]
Statement of Thomas Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services before the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health United States House of Representatives, April 28, 2010 - Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act
Statement of Joshua M. Sharfstein, M.D., Principal Deputy Commissioner and Acting Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), before The Committee on Rules, United States House of Representatives, July 13, 2009 - FDA's Role in Antimicrobial Resistance
Statement of Dr. Bernadette Dunham, D.V.M., Director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), before the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives, September 25, 2008.
- CDC's Role in Monitoring and Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance
Statement of Fred C. Tenover, Ph.D., Director of the Office of Antimicrobial Resistance at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), before the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, U.S. Senate, June 24, 2008.
- Antimicrobial Resistance in the U.S.
Statement of Linda Tollefson, D.V.M, M.P.H., Assistant Commissioner for Science at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, U.S. Senate, June 24, 2008.
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in the Community: Consequences for Public Health
Statement of Julie L. Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H., Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), before the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, November 7, 2007.
- Antimicrobial Resistance
Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, September 20, 2000.
- Antimicrobial Resistance: Solutions to a Growing Public Health Threat
Statement of James M. Hughes, M.D., Director, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety, February 25, 1999. - Antimicrobial Resistance: Solutions to a Growing Public Health Threat
Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety, February 25, 1999.
Professional Associations
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- American College of Physicians (ACP)
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
- American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
- Antibiotic Resistance and Biosecurity, Stuart Levy (Podcast)
Meet the Scientist, February 2009 - MRSA in Animals, Jeff Bender (Podcast)
Meet the Scientist, April 2009
- Antibiotic Resistance and Biosecurity, Stuart Levy (Podcast)
- American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
- Judicious Therapeutic Use of Antimicrobials
- Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)
- Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
- Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS)
- Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
Nongovernmental Organizations
- Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics (APUA)
Conducts educational, research and international networking activities to promote more appropriate use of antibiotics. - CDC Foundation
Nonprofit enterprise that fights threats to health by creating programs with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). - Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (CIRAR)
Aims to plan, implement, and evaluate outcomes of a core program and curriculum to prepare biomedical researchers to conduct interdisciplinary research. - Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
An independent, not-for-profit organization helping to lead the improvement of healthcare throughout the world by building the will for change, cultivating concepts for improving patient care, and helping healthcare systems put those ideas into action. - Michigan Antibiotic Resistance Reduction (MARR) Coalition
Dedicated to promoting more careful antibiotic use by helping healthcare providers and patients understand when antibiotics can help and when they should not be prescribed. - National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)
Supports research that will lead to a better understanding of the causes, cures, and prevention of infectious diseases. - Resources for the Future
- Extending the Cure
A research and consultative effort that frames the growing problem of antibiotic resistance as a challenge in managing a shared societal resource.
International Resources
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Antimicrobial Resistance
- Drug Resistance
- Related WHO publications and links on Antimicrobial resistance
- Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- European Commission
- Antimicrobial Drug Resistance
- Eurosurveillance
Peer-reviewed journal about infectious diseases surveillance prevention and control in Europe.
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Trans Atlantic Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance
- European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC)
- European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS)
- European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (EUCAST)
- United Kingdom (UK)
- Finland
- Canada
- Australia
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