{"id":50758,"date":"2018-11-22T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T04:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/komani-karoo\/work-together-to-defeat-antibiotic-resistance-20181114\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T16:25:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T14:25:01","slug":"work-together-to-defeat-antibiotic-resistance-20181114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/komani-karoo\/work-together-to-defeat-antibiotic-resistance-20181114\/","title":{"rendered":"Work together to defeat antibiotic resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AMID increased reporting of antibiotic resistance (ABR) worldwide, local health experts have called on South African doctors and the public to participate more fully in and support efforts aimed at curbing the growing threat of antibiotic resistant superbugs in our country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to medical experts, such as Dr Dean Gopalan, president of the Critical Care Society of SA and Head of Critical Care at the University of KZN, in general, doctors tend to err on the side of caution by prescribing antibiotics, but with the growing incidence of ABR, it is critical that doctors limit the prescribing of antibiotics to only those whose condition demands it or else it could soon render antibiotics ineffective. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cReported cases of ABR have already reached well beyond tuberculosis in SA, which affects an estimated 450 000 South Africans per annum,\u201d Gopalan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He highlighted the need to employ multiple strategies to minimise ABR and singled out BugWise \u2013 an innovative app designed to curb the growing threat of antibiotic resistance as an important intervention that every doctor and patient should support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWithout the widespread adoption and participation from patients and doctors, the impact of initiatives such as BugWise would be negligible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cABR requires the attention of every healthcare practitioner, as well as the general public. If left unchecked, it could claim 10 million lives per annum by 2050,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BugWise app, conceived and developed by Pharma Dynamics with input from a broad range of medical and IT experts, in support of Antibiotic Stewardship, is a one-stop-app for doctors and patients alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe app will help healthcare practitioners in private and public healthcare settings to optimise treatment while minimising antibiotic resistance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, it allows doctors access to currently available ABR surveillance data in South Africa, provided by the SA Society of Clinical Microbiologists (SASCM), the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) and other relevant local publications.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this information, they can identify patterns of antibiotic sensitivities in their geographical area of practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patients will also benefit from the BugWise app by researching information about their condition, along with the medication they have been prescribed. 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