Antimicrobial Resistance in Poland - a state of affairs and prevention Danuta O. Lis the Ministry of Health, Poland 11th NDPHS PAC side event, 19th November 2015, Berlin

AMR Policy in Poland the National Programme of Antibiotic Protection (pol. Narodowy Program Ochrony Antybiotyków; NPOA) - concerning the use of antibiotics in human medicine, veterinary and agriculture; - set up by the Polish Ministry of Health in 2004; - the expected results: a) the decrease/the elimination of overuse of antibiotics; b) a slow down in the spread of antibiotic resistance; c) the implemented programmes of the European Commission and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. 11th NDPHS PAC side event; Danuta O. Lis

the National Programme of Antibiotic Protection Overall goals I.the formation and development of a coalition implementing a multisectoral programme for a rational antibiotic policy in Poland; II.the coordination of the regional and national programmes concerning antibiotic resistance and the use of antibiotics in medicine; III.the analysis of antibiotic consumption and its connection with antibiotic resistance in different environments; 11th NDPHS PAC side event; Danuta O. Lis

the National Programme of Antibiotic Protection Overall goals IV.the analises and reports for national institutions (e.g. hospitals, microbiological laboratories), international networks, and the ECDC; V.educating the health care staff and the public about the rules for rational use of antibiotics; VI.promoting microbiological diagnostics and diagnostic schemes. 11th NDPHS PAC side event; Danuta O. Lis

the National Programme of Antibiotic Protection Action Plan in educating and training the health care staff, as well giving advice about the rational use of antibiotics, recommendations on diagnostics and antibiotic therapy in chosen infections, hospital infection control and prevention; 2. drawing up recommendations on diagnostics and antibiotic therapy in chosen disease entities/infections (non-ventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia, bacterial endocarditis, invasive infections caused by S. pyogenes, prophylaxis of infections caused by S. agalactiae); 3. monitoring antibiotic consumption; 4. surveilling the occurrence of extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria; 11th NDPHS PAC side event; Danuta O. Lis

the National Programme of Antibiotic Protection Action Plan in promoting health in the community (by radio broadcasts, articles in the press, a webpage, the European Antibiotic Awareness Day); 6. coordinating and developing the NPOA regional network; 7. cooperating with Polish and foreign institutions (e.g. national health care facilities, as well the EARS-Net, the ESAC); 8. disseminating the results of the NPOA in professional journals, newspapers, radio and television. 11th NDPHS PAC side event; Danuta O. Lis

Thank you for your attention 11th NDPHS PAC side event; Danuta O. Lis A COLD? INFLUENZA? MORE HEALTHLY WITHOUT ANTIBIOTICS!