The discovery of antibiotics greatly transformed medicine and has impacted humans as well as animals. These drugs are able to target infections that are caused by bacteria. There was a time in history when doctors would prescribe patients antibiotics for just a simple fever. For many decades now the use of antibiotics has been abused in agricultural practices, livestock, and humans. Studies have proven that the use of antibiotics has given rise to bacterial resistance. Physicians are now finding patients that are infected with antibiotic resistant bugs. This has caused a health emergency to emerge and have grave threatening possible impacts. The cause of these resistant bugs is linked to the frequent prescriptions and use of antibiotics.
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Thus, there needs to be control to combat the threat and spread of resistance organisms. Some short-term solutions could provide immediate results. This solution would involve slowing the transmission and emergence of antibiotic resistance by having more quality antibiotics and less quantities being prescribed unnecessarily (Gould, 2010). There has already been a significant decrease in the excessive writing of antibiotic prescriptions. So it is important to focus on researching and developing quality antibiotics. Another action could include proper quarantine measures to be put in place that could be effective on the prevention (Chaudhary, 2016). This has been proven to be effective in other countries and could be tailored to the needs of specific regions. “Mechanisms such as antibiotic control programs, better hygiene, and synthesis of agents with improved antimicrobial activity need to be adopted in order to limit bacterial resistance” (Neu, 1992). Third, better data is needed to fully find a definitive solution to the crisis. “We need better measurement of levels and trends in resistance, including burdens of disease, both societal and economic” (Chaudhary, …show more content…
Suggested solutions that can be put in place right away will not show as much change as the medical community would like. In the long-term there are newer, stronger, quality antibiotics that are still in research could potentially be able to fully combat the resistant bacteria. These should be in clinical practice no sooner than 2019 (Rossolini, Arena, Pecile, Pollini, 2014). New antibiotics have the potential to reduce the risk of patients being infected with bacteria that is resistant to medication. When the number of antibiotics that are prescribed decreases, the amount of “superbugs” resistant to antibiotics should not grow. As research goes on and quality specified data is recorded, it can then be analyzed for trends to find a way to fight this crisis. Doing so will result in lessening the risk of patients getting sick with antibiotic resistant bacteria. By strengthening antibiotics, having better control practices, adding proper measures, and looking at trends, the health risk could be vastly
Thus, there needs to be control to combat the threat and spread of resistance organisms. Some short-term solutions could provide immediate results. This solution would involve slowing the transmission and emergence of antibiotic resistance by having more quality antibiotics and less quantities being prescribed unnecessarily (Gould, 2010). There has already been a significant decrease in the excessive writing of antibiotic prescriptions. So it is important to focus on researching and developing quality antibiotics. Another action could include proper quarantine measures to be put in place that could be effective on the prevention (Chaudhary, 2016). This has been proven to be effective in other countries and could be tailored to the needs of specific regions. “Mechanisms such as antibiotic control programs, better hygiene, and synthesis of agents with improved antimicrobial activity need to be adopted in order to limit bacterial resistance” (Neu, 1992). Third, better data is needed to fully find a definitive solution to the crisis. “We need better measurement of levels and trends in resistance, including burdens of disease, both societal and economic” (Chaudhary, …show more content…
Suggested solutions that can be put in place right away will not show as much change as the medical community would like. In the long-term there are newer, stronger, quality antibiotics that are still in research could potentially be able to fully combat the resistant bacteria. These should be in clinical practice no sooner than 2019 (Rossolini, Arena, Pecile, Pollini, 2014). New antibiotics have the potential to reduce the risk of patients being infected with bacteria that is resistant to medication. When the number of antibiotics that are prescribed decreases, the amount of “superbugs” resistant to antibiotics should not grow. As research goes on and quality specified data is recorded, it can then be analyzed for trends to find a way to fight this crisis. Doing so will result in lessening the risk of patients getting sick with antibiotic resistant bacteria. By strengthening antibiotics, having better control practices, adding proper measures, and looking at trends, the health risk could be vastly