Panel on Antibiotics Overuse in Livestock: July 24th
Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 12:27PMAntibiotic overuse has resulted in carefully structured antibiotic stewardship programs and prescription guidelines in health care and hospitals. Yet, 80 % of antibiotics sold today are for food animal agriculture. Learn what classes of antibiotics are used sub therapeutically on the farm and how this practice breeds antibiotic resistant bacteria and what you can do to make a difference.
Please join us for a special lunch panel at the Gleacher Center in Chicago to highlight and share information regarding the significant public health threat of antibiotic overuse for food animal production and how hospitals and clinicians can influence change through procurement practices, food choices, and knowledge. The event will begin at 11:15 AM on Wednesday, July 24.
Please RSVP by July 17 to saveantibiotics@pewtrusts.org
Remote participation is possible - please note if you won't be able to attend in person when you RSVP.
Invitees include clinicians, hospital food service providers, chefs, food and nutrition services employees and other healthcare workers interested in environmental and antimicrobial stewardship.
In Partnership with:
- University of Illinois Hospital and Health Science System Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- District 6 Chicago Medical Society
- Advocate Health Care
- University of Chicago
- Health Care Without Harm
- Chicago Physicians for Social Responsibility
- The Pew Charitable Trusts
WHAT: Lunch to gather a group of Illinois healthcare workers to discuss antibiotic overuse for livestock and how it contributes to the development of drug-resistant bacteria. This is an educational session for attendees to learn more about the issue, connect with others working in the field, and find out what can be done to help.
WHEN: 11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 24, 2013
WHERE: Gleacher Center, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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