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Antibios will have given future new:
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. Consequently, The presentation of antibiotics in pharmacies should be done on the unit in the future. Meanwhile, The Federal Council decided on Wednesday to review the legal bases. For example, in order to reduce waste and the development of resistance. Consequently, – Antibios will have given future new
(Keystone-ATS) In Switzerland, in 30 to 50% of cases, the prescribed quantities of antibiotics do not correspond to the quantity contained in the original packaging. This can lead to an inappropriate use of antibiotics. thus promote antibios will have given future new the development of resistance, recalls the Federal Council in a press release.
The delivery of antibiotics per unit. in partial quantities when the original packaging does not correspond to the needs of treatment is one of the measures aimed at slowing down the development of these resistance. It guarantees that patients receive only the amount of antibiotics they really need. It also helps reduce the waste of antibiotics and overcome shortages, underlines the government.
Compulsory and optional
The unit will be mandatory for pharmacies, and optional for medical offices. Differentiated regulations will take into account different framework conditions to which pharmacies and the medical profession are subject.
The obligation could be extended to the longer -term medical profession. An assessment should be made on this point. The possibility of establishing individual delivery to other groups of drugs that antibiotics will be also studied.
The Federal Office of Public Health will have to present a antibios will have given future new project intended for consultation by the end of 2026. Annual costs of implementation in pharmacies, at the expense of compulsory care insurance (AOS), are estimated at around 5.1 million francs, while the savings on antibiotics are estimated at some 4.5 million francs.
The annual costs of the AOS would therefore amount to around 600,000 francs. They will be offset by health benefits. this measure being an important pillar to preserve the effectiveness of long -term antibiotics in Switzerland, estimates the Federal Council.
With the Swiss antibioticity strategy (Star). the Federal Council has pursues since 2016 since 2016 the objective of guaranteeing the effectiveness of antibiotics for the human being and the animal in the long term. Different actors concerned such as pharmacies. the medical profession, Swissmedic, insurers-maladie and the pharmaceutical industry were associated with discussions on the presentation of antibiotics per unit.
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