Combating Antibiotic Resistance

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This warning may seem redundant, but sometimes we need to be reminded. Having just gotten home from a stay in the hospital, I observed so many measures taken to prevent the spread of germs --more than I had ever seen before. Stay well....Happy Mothers Day, Sisters!Carolyn=============Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 16:05:16 -0500 (CDT)From: "U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)" <fda@...>Subject: Combating Antibiotic Resistancecarwol@...Combating Antibiotic Resistance [ http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/antibiotics050108.html ]"Thu, 1 May 2008 13:04:00 -0500"Misuse and overuse of antibiotics have contributed to

antibiotic resistance, a phenomenon that reduces or eliminates the effectiveness of antibiotics.________________________________________________________________________Update your subscriptions, modify your e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page [ https://service.govdelivery.com/service/user.html?code=USFDA ]. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact support@.... Look for the "Printer-friendly PDF" link in the upper right corner of select articles; this feature makes it easy to distribute copies. Text of articles published on FDA's Consumer page may be republished without permission. Credit to "FDA Consumer

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