Know your antibiotics - St Anne's Hospital
Know Your Antibiotics Quiz
Test your knowledge about antibiotics, their uses, and the critical issue of antibiotic resistance. This quiz is designed to help you learn how to use antibiotics safely and effectively.
- Understand the importance of antibiotic awareness.
- Learn about the potential dangers of antibiotic misuse.
- Discover practical steps you can take to combat resistance.
Antibiotics kills:
Virus
Bacteria
Fungus
All of above
You can stop antibiotics as soon as you feel better
True
False
What is antibiotic resistance?
Antibiotics getting weaker
Microbes learning to fight off antibiotic activity
An allergy to one or more antibiotics
A patient resisting antibiotic treatment
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria can spread to persons by:
Contact with infected person
Contact with someone that touched a surface with resistant bacteria
Contact with food and water sources contaminated with resistant bacteria
All of the above
What can happen if you get an antibiotic-resistant infection?
I may be sicker for longer
I may have to be admitted into hospital
Both options above
None of above
Antibiotic resistance already out of control, there is nothing I can do?
True
False
I can help get rid of antibiotic resistance by:
Stopping antibiotics when I feel better
Get antibiotics as soon as I feel sick, from pharmacy or friend
Keep my vaccinations up to date
Washing hands with soap instead of antiseptic solution
A person with normal health cannot fight off minor ailments (like sinusitis, cold and flu) without antibiotics
True
False
Cold and flu are caused by viruses and antibiotics are not effective against it?
True
False
Which fact is not true about antibiotics
It has been 30 years since last antibiotic class has been introduced
New antibiotics are always being developed
Resistance to different antibiotics by same mechanism exist - called cross resistance
It is not important to:
Do cultures as far as possible
Follow up on results as soon as possible
De-escalate antibiotic based on cultures
Continue empiric treatment until symptoms completely resolved
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