Get Smart About Antibiotics Week Checklist!

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This week is Get Smart About Antibiotics Week and Pathway Health is committed to raising awareness about the threat of antibiotic resistance and the importance of appropriate antibiotic prescribing and use.

Here are The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) 7 quick steps to make sure you’re ready for the week!

  1. Use #GetSmartWeek.
    Show off your activities by using the hashtag in your social media posts throughout the week.
  2. Join the global Twitter chat on Wednesday, Nov. 18 from 2-4 p.m. EST.
    Participate with #AntibioticResistance. Follow @CDCgov and @DrFriedenCDC.
  3. Share our new educational factsheets!
    Post the factsheets about proper antibiotic use and prescribing to your websites, share on social media, or print for your audiences. Find them here.
  4. Commit to antibiotic stewardship. 
    Join other leaders and tell us how your organization is improving antibiotic use and prescribing. Learn more here.
  5. Become an official Get Smart Week partner.
    Email getsmart@cdc.gov.
  6. Participate in other international activities.
    Learn about WHO’s first World Antibiotic Awareness Week and the European Antibiotic Awareness Day (Nov. 18).
  7. Keep track!
    Make note of your activities and who you engage with throughout the week so that we can measure our global impact!

Learn more at cdc.gov/getsmart/week.

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