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8 things you need to know about prescribing antibiotics

BDJ Student volume 27, pages 12–15 (2020)Cite this article

By Deksha Jaswal, Foundation Dentist.

From national campaigns such as Public Health England's 'Keep Antibiotics Working',1 the European Union action on Antimicrobial Resistance2 and the annual World Antibiotic Awareness Week,3 it is evident that antibiotic resistance is an international crisis.

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