Experts have sounded the alarm on the growing crisis of antibiotic-resistant superbugs, increasingly posing a risk for aged care facilities. The new report from the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) and CSIRO warned Australia of a looming ...

High rates of antibiotic misuse in Australian care facilities have raised concerns over the ongoing threat of antimicrobial resistance. A new analysis of 39 countries found that almost 70 per cent of residents in Australia are prescribed antibiotics annually, compared ...

A new report released today shows that overall use of antibiotics in the community fell between 2015 and 2017 – the first decline in 20 years. However, the Third Australian report on antimicrobial use and resistance in human health, revealed ...

Researchers find more than a third of suspected infections were treated with antibiotics even when they didn’t fulfill the criteria for clinical infection. The inappropriate use of antibiotics could transform Australian residential aged care facilities into "a reservoir" of drug-resistant bacteria, researchers have ...