Do Bugs Need Drugs? Evaluation
Improving community antibiotic stewardship is one of the key ways we can reduce unnecessary antibiotic use.
Do Bugs Need Drugs? is a community program for the wise use of antibiotics. One of several activities we participate in is monitoring antibiotic use and resistance in BC. We also keep track of how many participants have taken part in the different components; this information is then used to assess the impact of the program.
Community partners deliver the Do Bugs Need Drugs? program to children and adults around the province. We would not be able to do it without them! We rely on nurses, nursing students, instructors, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, assisted living staff, and early childhood educators and students, among others, to sustain the program.
As prescribers of antibiotics, both physicians and nurse practitioners play an important role in addressing the problem of antibiotic resistance. Working together, we can safely decrease the overall use of antibiotics and help to prevent their prescription for viral illnesses. Reducing unnecessary use of antibiotics will help to preserve the effectiveness of these important resources for the future.
Your participation makes the difference!
Four-page summaries of the evaluation since 2005 are available for download.
Healthcare professionals and physicians can download a summary that shows trends in antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance.
Choose the public summary if you are interested in seeing the distribution of participants in the program since 2005.
2010/11 Annual Program Evaluation Report
For more detailed information about program implementation and outcomes, download the full Do Bugs Need Drugs? annual program evaluation report December, 2011 [PDF, 2 MB]
Last Updated: December 21, 2011