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Sunday, January 9, 2011

Antibiotic use and Resistance in India

For current situation about antibiotic use and resistance in India read December 2010 issue of Journal of Association of Physicians in India http://www.japi.org/antibiotic_special_dec_issue_2010/index.html
Posted by Dr. A. J. Tamhankar, National Coordinator for Indian Initiative for Management of Antibiotic Resistance (IIMAR) at 1:38 PM
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Dr. Ashok J. Tamhankar, PhD, Dip. Rad. Phy

National Coordinator for Indian Initiative for Management of Antibiotic Resistance (IIMAR)
Hon. Faculty / Researcher / Sci Adviser
- Global Health I Health Systems and Policy focusing Antibiotics, Dept. Public Health Sci, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;
- Dept. Environ Medicine, R.D. Gardi Medical College, Ujjain, India
- School of Bio-Technology, KIIT university, Bhuvaneswar, India
- School of Public health, KIIT university, Bhuvaneswar, India
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USEFUL DOCUMENTS

  • NABH Standards for Hospitals: https://www.nabh.co/images/Standards/NABH%205%20STD%20April%202020.pdf
  • Govt of India Act-Minimum-Standards-for-Medical-Labs-Clinical-Establishments-Act. http://blog.valueadded.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Minimum-Standards-for-Medical-Labs-Clinical-Establishments-Act.pdf
  • WHO article--Potential impact of pharmaceuticals on environmental health (Contribution-Krushna Sahoo) Download
  • Need for national/regional guidelines and policies in India to combat antibiotic resistance
  • Second Joint FAO/OIE/WHO Expert Workshop on Non-Human Antimicrobial Usage and Antimicrobial Resistance: Management options Oslo, Norway, 15–18 March 2004, Ref: WHO/CDS/CPE/ZFK/2004.8
  • COMMITTEE FOR MEDICINAL PRODUCTS FOR VETERINARY USE has produced REVISED REFLECTION PAPER ON THE USE OF 3rd AND 4th GENERATIONCEPHALOSPORINS IN FOOD PRODUCING ANIMALS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION:DEVELOPMENT OF RESISTANCE AND IMPACT ON HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH
  • Cumulative Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Data: Analysis and Presentation of Cumulative Antimicrobial Susceptibility Test Data; Approved Guideline-Third Edition (M39-A3).
  • Regional strategy on prevention and containment of antimicrobial resistance in South-South-East Asia:2010-2015- WHO Resource
  • How to prevent and control MRSA in animals: Guidelines >>
  • Prevention strageties for antimicrobial resistance: Read the review >>

Current situation

Antibiotic use and Resistance in India

Read The ``TRUE LIFE STORY``of a family infected with MRSA

Read The ``TRUE LIFE STORY``of a family infected with MRSA
India`s `National Policy for containment of Antimicrobial Resistance`
Role of NCDC in containment of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in India

Location Specific Integrated Antibiotic Resistance Mangement Strategy-LIARMS

Antibiotics-in-Farm-Animals-Influence-Resistance-in-Humans

(If the above documents are accessed through this web page or through scribd.com, and mentioned in a publication, it should be referred to as, Dr. A.J. Tamhankar, IIMAR, http://save-antibiotics.blogspot.com/with the mention of date of accession. The documents on scribd.com are put there by Dr. A.J. Tamhankar)

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