Towards the rational use of antibiotics: results of the first International Symposium on the Risk Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance.
The results of four expert working groups on the risk analysis process on anti-microbial resistance are described. They focus on the procedure recommended by the FAO/WHO CODEX Alimentarius Commission in 1999 including hazard identification, hazard characterization, exposure assessment and risk characterization. In all four areas, the current scientific knowledge was evaluated and recommendations for risk management options were given. They will form the basis for mitigating the health risk caused by resistant micro-organisms.
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Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Berlin, Germany. r.helmuth@bfr.bund.de
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D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005060:Europe; D005503:Food Additives; D007391:International Cooperation; D019155:Veterinary Drugs
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005503:Food Additives; D019155:Veterinary Drugs