Antibiotic Resistance Awareness

About Course

Antibiotics are vital medicines, but bacteria are becoming resistant to them. This course explains what antibiotics do and do not treat, what antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is, how care staff and the public can use antibiotics responsibly, and how infection prevention helps keep antibiotics working.

This course provides general awareness only and is not medical advice. Always follow the prescriber’s instructions, your organisation’s medicines policy and advice from a pharmacist or doctor.

What Will You Learn?

  • Explain what antibiotics treat and why they do not work on viruses Understand what antimicrobial resistance is and why it matters Support people to take antibiotics safely and correctly Help prevent infections so fewer antibiotics are needed

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • What antibiotics do
  • What antimicrobial resistance is
  • Using antibiotics responsibly
  • Preventing infections

Sources & Further Reading
The official guidance this course is based on.

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