Why emergency management should be interested in the emergence of antibiotic resistance

Dominey-Howes, D; Michael, C; Labbate, M

Why emergency management should be interested in the emergence of antibiotic resistance

Dominey-Howes, D Michael, C Labbate, M

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Citation:: Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 2014, 29 (3), pp. 11 - 15
Issue Date:: 2014-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Dominey-Howes, D	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Michael, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Labbate, M https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1428-3382	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Australian Journal of Emergency Management, 2014, 29 (3), pp. 11 - 15	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1324-1540	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/41515
dc.description.abstract	Bacterial epidemics and pandemics are biological risks to life every bit as significant as floods, fires, storms and earthquakes. Antibiotics have been a significant tool in the management of epidemics and pandemics (as well as for fighting general infections) since their discovery in the 1930s. Due to the development of antibiotic resistance by bacteria, we are now approaching a post-antibiotic era where our capacity to manage infectious disease, particularly bacterial epidemics and pandemics, is compromised. Despite considerable efforts by global heath organisations, we need new ways of thinking and acting on the global risk of antibiotic resistance. We argue for a rebranding of the issue to one of a disaster risk and suggest the use of the risk management process and expertise of emergency management to present a new way of thinking about this globally significant risk to life.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian Journal of Emergency Management	en_US
dc.title	Why emergency management should be interested in the emergence of antibiotic resistance	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	3	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	29	en_US
utslib.for	1103 Clinical Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	1605 Policy and Administration	en_US
utslib.for	2001 Communication and Media Studies	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Life Sciences
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pubs.volume	29	en_US

Abstract:

Bacterial epidemics and pandemics are biological risks to life every bit as significant as floods, fires, storms and earthquakes. Antibiotics have been a significant tool in the management of epidemics and pandemics (as well as for fighting general infections) since their discovery in the 1930s. Due to the development of antibiotic resistance by bacteria, we are now approaching a post-antibiotic era where our capacity to manage infectious disease, particularly bacterial epidemics and pandemics, is compromised. Despite considerable efforts by global heath organisations, we need new ways of thinking and acting on the global risk of antibiotic resistance. We argue for a rebranding of the issue to one of a disaster risk and suggest the use of the risk management process and expertise of emergency management to present a new way of thinking about this globally significant risk to life.

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