{"id":1600,"date":"2025-02-24T21:20:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T21:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/?post_type=project&#038;p=1600"},"modified":"2025-03-03T21:09:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:09:53","slug":"ark","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/projects\/ark\/","title":{"rendered":"ARK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull fullstretch has-dark-accent-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0f86e333 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull fullstretch cirgcover has-standard-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-77863774b4bafa76017e3d0427e2b75c\" style=\"min-height:550px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-dark-accent-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/ARK-Logo.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image\" alt=\"ARK Logo\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/ARK-Logo.jpg 700w, https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/ARK-Logo-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-ee2332cf wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\"><h1 style=\"margin-right:30px;margin-left:30px\" class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color alignwide wp-elements-09e237a63bfe375a0171d5feb4e4df96 wp-block-post-title has-text-color 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Unfortunately, the more bacteria are exposed to antibiotics, the more likely they are to become resistant. This means that antibiotics stop working. So it is important that antibiotics are only used when they are needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whilst antibiotics kill bacteria, they don\u2019t cure viral infections. When sick patients arrive at hospital, doctors have to try to work out whether they have a bacterial infection, viral infection, or another illness altogether. This is difficult, because initially the symptoms can be very similar (e.g. cough, temperature).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finding out exactly why a patient is sick takes a while, so it makes sense to give antibiotics initially. However, Department of Health guidance recommends stopping antibiotics when it becomes clear that they aren\u2019t needed anymore. This could be because doctors work out that the patient never had a bacterial infection, or because they have got better. Stopping antibiotics when they aren\u2019t needed reduces the chances of disease-causing and other gut bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics. It is also important because antibiotics kill \u2018friendly\u2019 gut bacteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, stopping antibiotics when they are no longer needed often doesn\u2019t happen. Sometimes this is \u2018just in case\u2019 or thinking \u2018better safe than sorry\u2019, or because of the myth that antibiotic courses must be completed to avoid resistance. But, because gut bacteria, rather than those causing disease, become antibiotic-resistant during treatment, taking more antibiotics than really needed is not a safe strategy for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no good evidence on how best to encourage doctors to stop giving unnecessary antibiotics in hospitals and changing behaviour is hard. 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