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COMMITTEE REPORT
April 19, 2000
S. 1268
S. Printed 4/19/00--H.
Read the first time March 28, 2000.
To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (S. 1268), to endorse the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for health care professionals regarding the best practices, etc., respectfully
That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass:
JOE E. BROWN, for Committee.
TO ENDORSE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) AND AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS (AAP) FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS REGARDING THE BEST PRACTICES FOR THE JUDICIOUS USE OF ANTIBIOTICS.
Whereas, antibiotic-resistant infections are more likely to produce adverse health outcomes and are more costly to treat than susceptible infections; and
Whereas, the widespread use of antibiotics has increased the type and incidence of bacteria that are resistant to treatment by antibiotics; and
Whereas, antibiotic resistance is caused by the overuse of antibiotics in general, with overuse of selected agents in particular; and
Whereas, over the past five years the rate of penicillin resistance increased by more than three hundred percent and the rate of cefotaxime resistance increased by more than one thousand percent; and
Whereas, patients infected with antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria can require hospitalization when otherwise unnecessary and be subject to an increased rate of death; and
Whereas, the process of creating antibiotic-resistance increases pharmaceutical costs through inappropriate prescribing of antibiotic agents and increases total healthcare costs through the additional hospitalization and other forms of additional medical care required in the treatment of resistant strains of bacteria; and
Whereas, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have developed recommendations for health care professionals regarding the best practices for the judicious use of antibiotics. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, by this resolution, endorses the CDC/AAP recommendations and urges each health care professional and managed care plan operating in the State to adopt the recommendations in their practice and formularies.
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