Antibiotics resistance is a serious problem in treating illnesses. Drug resistance develops every time someone uses an antibiotic drug, as a small population of resistant microbes still survives. As more antibiotics are taken, this resistance increases as the resistant germs dominate and connect themselves to other microbes. Indeed, a global…...
CMS Antibiotic Stewardship Program Goes Into Affect, Seniors Gain
The CMS (Center For Medicare and Medicaid Services) Antibiotic Stewardship Program for Nursing Homes and long-term care facilities went into effect in November 2017. This new drug policy intends to curb the widespread overuse of antibiotics across nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. Antibiotics are the most frequently prescribed medication…...
