Have SC Careful Antibiotic Use (CAUse) and the CDC’s Get Smart prevention efforts worked in the community?
In 1996, when the national careful antibiotic use educational campaigns began and 1998 when the state campaign began, there has been a decrease in the percent of patients receiving an antibiotic for upper respiratory infections usually caused by a virus from 42 percent to 29.7 percent in 2006. This information was collected from the South Carolina Medicaid claims system. It is still important to continue these educational efforts over a decade later!
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