[Pharmwaste] FW: Pharmaceutical Conservation Key to Slowing Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Infections

[Reibstein, Rick (EEA)]

Saw this while going through old emails - don't think it was shared with the list.  Apologize for email clutter if it was.

PHARMACEUTICAL CONSERVATION KEY TO SLOWING RISE OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT INFECTIONS

   Should Drug Companies be Rewarded for Reducing Resistance?
A new analysis published in the September issue of /Health Affairs/ (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)
suggests that the United States must focus on conserving the use of antibacterial drugs, or face a public health crisis from
rapidly rising rates of antibiotic-resistant infections.

http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/product.jsp?id=68368