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Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to antimicrobial agents. As a result of drug resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents, become ineffective and infections become difficult or impossible to treat, increasing the risk of [...]

Tip 3: Maintain personal hygiene and keep your environment clean. Bacteria can grow resistant in unclean hospitals and farms. Control the spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria by washing hands and tools.

Tip 2: Don’t misuse or overuse antimicrobials like antibiotics. Such practices create resistant bacteria. Doctors and veterinarians should provide appropriate prescriptions, which everyone should follow!

Tip 1: Responsibly dispose of unused and unwanted antimicrobials such as antibiotics by taking them to a professional (health or pharmacist). Throwing away antibiotics creates resistant bacteria in pipes, sewers, waterways and seas.

The Codex Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance (TFAMR) has worked to update and broaden the Code of Practice to minimize and contain Antimicrobial Resistance and also to establish Guidelines