QUESTION 24 OF 25

Do you feel you have the right to choose any antibiotic you want to treat an infection?

This is a trick question. It is asked because of a sensitivity over antimicrobial resistance, especially in institutions and communities. It is designed to identify your responsible prescribing practices. Sure, you have the right, but should you?

"I base all of my medication choices on evidence-based medicine, but tempered by my own experience. I also include the patient's history of allergies and adverse reactions, and cultures and sensitivities to support any empiric therapy I've begun. Within that sensibility, while my license gives me the right of autonomy in medication choices--even 'off-label' uses--still I have a responsibility to limit the emergence of resistant organisms due to the inappropriate prescribing of medications stronger or more frequently then they need be."

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Do you feel you have the right to choose any antibiotic you want to treat an infection?

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