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9 Feb 2012

Cutting ‘unnecessary’ antibiotic prescriptions

Cutting 'unnecessary' antibiotic prescriptions

A major University study which led to long-term reductions in the number of antibiotic prescriptions by Welsh GPs could see ‘unnecessary’ prescriptions cut by 1.6M per year, if replicated across the UK.

The Stemming the Tide of Antimicrobial Resistance or STAR programme was designed by and implemented by experts from the University’s School of Medicine’s Institute of Primary Care and Public Health and South East Wales Trials Unit (SEWTU) to cut the number of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions for common conditions such as acute cough and sinusitis.

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