Management recommendations of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) after the international BfR symposium "Towards a Risk Analysis of Antibiotic Resistance".
The results of four expert working groups on the risk analysis process on antimicrobial resistance are described. They focus on the procedures 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 due to resistant microorganisms.
Helmuth
Reiner
R
Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany. r.helmuth@bfr.bund.de
Hensel
Andreas
A
D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004351:Drug Resistance; D024841:Fluoroquinolones / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D018570:Risk Assessment
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones