{"id":7918,"date":"2016-05-26T13:14:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T11:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/?p=7918"},"modified":"2016-05-26T13:14:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T11:14:30","slug":"antimicrobial-resistance-european-commission-member-states-and-stakeholders-meet-to-discuss-next-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=7918","title":{"rendered":"Antimicrobial Resistance &#8211; European Commission, Member States and Stakeholders meet to discuss next steps!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;\">The EFN welcomes all initiatives that strengthen civil society in combatting Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The European <span style=\"color: black;\">Commission is preparing a <\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">new EU Action Pla<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">n<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\">, <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">has initiated a<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpiamr.eu\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joint Action<\/a>, and <\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">will grant an <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/health\/ngo_award\/home\/index_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">awards<\/a> to the three<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> NGO<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">s\u00a0with<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> best practice<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\">s<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> in<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> combatting<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> AMR.<\/span><span style=\"color: black;\"> Those are momentous actions, more of which are needed in order to achieve better results!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Tackling AMR from the perspective of the prescribers achieves the best results and is the focus of the upcoming \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/dgs\/health_food-safety\/amr\/docs\/ev_20160525_ag_en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guidelines<\/a> on prudent use of antimicrobials in human health\u201d that the Commission will publish soon. In this context the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ens4care.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Final-ENS4Care-Guideline-5-Nurse-ePrescribing-pv.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EFN guidelines on e-prescribing<\/a> are key to make progress, to change the existing culture of prescribing. This culture is identified as by many experts as a main difficulty to overcome in the future. Antibiotics are always prescribed, so let\u2019s reduce resistance by more efficient prescribing!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">Innovation is therefore key to make it all happen at the frontline! We need to push for change and nurses, healthcare professionals, policy-makers but also the industry, play a crucial role in changing culture, in changing behaviour. Prescribers\u2019 behaviour needs to evolve!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: black;\">But let\u2019s not forget about the role of the patient and the general public. Stewardship, a well-informed public, and aware patients, are of utmost importance for tackling AMR. And central in this is the role of healthcare professionals, and especially nurses, taking into account their daily and direct contact with patients, as well as the coaching role they often have!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EFN welcomes all initiatives that strengthen civil society in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9080,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=9080","url_meta":{"origin":7918,"position":0},"title":"EU Nurses Combatting AMR","author":"efn efn","date":"November 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a professional and political challenge that requires the engagement of the frontline nurses. 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