Household Antibacterial Products and Increased Antimicrobial Resistance

Search Options	close
Search the following clips: All Clips

news science politics food economy art
technology health internet religion psychology

Sign Up Install Learn More Login


	Household Antibacterial Products and Increased Antimicrobial Resistance

edwardmasen9

10-24-2008 1:49 PM

181 views

tags:

antibacterial, antibiotic, antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial, bac, bacteria, cleaning, consumer, health, household

edwardmasen9 says:

The misuse of antibacterial products that we use in our house everyday is leading to antimicrobial resistance. But what do we do about it?

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from October 24, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/014d36ad-2865-4f6a-ae2f-0350fb091980/22F18F1E-98D3-497D-BEA6-FE67CA457A66/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://brainblogger.com/2008/10/20/household-antibacterial-products-and-increased-antimicrobial-resistance/" href="http://brainblogger.com/2008/10/20/household-antibacterial-products-and-increased-antimicrobial-resistance/" style="font-size: 11px;">brainblogger.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://brainblogger.com/2008/10/20/household-antibacterial-products-and-increased-antimicrobial-resistance/"><P><IMG title="Articles and Studies Category" height="200" hspace="0" src="http://brainblogger.com/images/articles-and-studies-brain-blogger.jpg" width="290" vspace="0" />Misuse of antibiotics is the leading cause of emerging antimicrobial resistance — a public health crisis in the making. Inappropriate prescribing practices by health care providers contributes greatly to this problem, but now there is evidence that everyday cleaning and hand-washing may also contribute to the growing trend of antimicrobial resistance.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/22F18F1E-98D3-497D-BEA6-FE67CA457A66/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>