Understanding and to what extent antibiotics are used is key to developing strategies to address a range of issues, from appropriateness of prescribing to demonstrating links between use Rationale and emerging resistance. Proposed Review available and approach potential data sources Develop and promulgate standard approaches Build on existing systems that operate or have the potential to operate nationally Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 NAUSP: New initiatives: Comprehensive report at secure indication data local level human systems for: in real-time humans increase data animals national animal food and usage of all data hospitals, Integrated including data human and paediatric. for community Community data usage systems from for: Pharmaceutical hospital humans and Repatriation and animals. Subsidy animal. Schemes, Improve BEACH, Medicine existing Insight and initiatives: others. NAUSP is inclusive
Rationale Understanding and to what extent antibiotics are used is key to developing strategies to address a range of issues, from appropriateness of prescribing to demonstrating links between use and emerging resistance. Proposed approach Review available and potential data sources Develop and promulgate standard approaches Build on existing systems that operate or have the potential to operate nationally Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 NAUSP: report at local level in real-time increase national of all hospitals, including paediatric. Community data from Pharmaceutical and Repatriation Subsidy Schemes, BEACH, Medicine Insight and others. New initiatives: secure human data animal usage data data for hospital and animal. Improve existing initiatives: NAUSP is inclusive Comprehensive indication data systems for: humans animals food and Integrated human and community usage systems for: humans animals.
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