Scottish Government

In the face of the ability of micro-organisms resistant to antimicrobial agents to emerge and spread the increasing prevalence of resistant strains and the dearth of new agents for therapeutic use in the near future:

• To reduce the overall use of antimicrobial agents and hence the exposure of microorganisms to them.

• To minimise the morbidity and mortality due to antimicrobial resistant infection.

• To maintain the effectiveness of antimicrobial agents in the treatment and prevention of microbial infections in man and animals.