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Effectiveness of Back up/Delayed Prescribing

In this video, Prof. Paul Little talks about how specific conditions will require antibiotics but back-up prescribing can also be used effectively.

More severe infections will need an immediate antibiotic but back up/delayed prescribing can also be used effectively.

Most people do not need an antibiotic. So the question is, who are the people who are most likely to need an antibiotic?

In this presentation Professor Paul Little will go through those with:

  • Otitis media
  • Sinusitis
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