CDC's U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week
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In a world where antimicrobial resistance poses a growing threat, the U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week (USAAW) stands as a crucial initiative to educate and mobilize communities. Join Texas DSHS and the Healthcare Safety Unit every November, to observe CDC’s U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week highlighting the steps everyone can take to improve antibiotic prescribing and use. |
CDC’s U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week:
“Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance Takes All of Us”
November 18-24, 2024:
The CDC's USAAW 2024 theme is "Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance Takes All of Us," emphasizing the One Health approach to combating antimicrobial resistance. This approach acknowledges the connection of human, animal, plant, and environmental health. The CDC aims to improve global antibiotic and antifungal drug prescribing and investment in infection prevention.
How to Participate
- Partner organizations—including U.S. federal agencies, health departments, professional associations, corporations, and patient and family representatives—are the key to success on raising awareness about the importance of appropriate antibiotic and antifungal use and the threat of antimicrobial resistance during and throughout the year. The USAAW Toolkit provides resources for participating in the theme-focused discussions.
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Post social media messages and graphics on your organization’s social media channels. Use the hashtag #USAAW when sharing any USAAW related content.
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Provide information in your organization’s print and e-newsletters about participating in the Go Purple for USAAW, “Be Antibiotics Aware Partner Toolkit” and U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week.
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Print and share the English and Spanish handouts and posters with patients and healthcare workers.
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Promote CDC resources to share important information about appropriate antibiotic and antifungal use, antibiotic stewardship, and antimicrobial resistance.
Activities during 2024 USAAW
Follow and interact with CDC on social media.
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X (formerly Twitter): @CDC_AR, @CDCgov, @CDC_NCEZID.
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Facebook: CDC.
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Instagram: CDCgov.
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LinkedIn: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Attend webinars:
- November 19, 7:30-9 a.m. EST: CDC’s International Infection Control Branch is hosting a webinar on The Race Against Antimicrobial Resistance in Neonates: Insights on Data, Infection Prevention, and Stewardship.
- November 20, 3-4 p.m. EST: CDC and the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy are hosting a webinar on the Implementation of Priority Core Elements in Critical Access Hospitals.
Listen to:
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists podcast on November 21. The podcast topic is Be Antibiotics Aware: Management of Community-acquired Pneumonia in Hospitalized Adults.
