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Antibiotic Resistance
Cough and cold care kits reduce antibiotic use
March 22nd, 2004
A program in health clinics where physicians offer patients a cough and cold care kit containing over-the-counter medicines appears to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use significantly. Researchers from the Minnesota Antibiotic Resistance Collaborative (MARC) reported their findings at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases. "Providing cough and cold care kits does appear to be a useful tool to use with patients who have upper respiratory illness or acute bronchitis to decrease unnecessary antibiotic use," said Pamala Gahr of the Minnesota Department of Health, a researcher on the study. The kits were initially...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2004-03-22)
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