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PubMed1998

[Optimizing of antibiotics policy in the Netherlands. III. SWAB guidelines for antimicrobial therapy in adults hospitalized with bronchitis. Foundation Antibiotics Policy Work Group].

The Stichting Werkgroep Antibioticabeleid (SWAB, Foundation Antibiotics Policy Team) has issued guidelines for empirical antimicrobial therapy of adult patients with bronchitis in hospital. Acute bronchitis is rarely caused by bacteria: therefore antibiotic treatment is not indicated in most cases. In an exacerbation of asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the primary treatment aims at combating the inflammatory reaction and the bronchospasm. In case of increasing dyspnoea, (increase of) sputum production and (increase of) purulence of the sputum, antibiotic treatment may lead to shortening of the symptoms and sickness duration. Doxycycline is to be preferred because of its spectrum, easy dosage and favourable price. If the patient has not had antibiotics earlier, amoxicillin also is a good choice. Macrolide antibiotics are no preparations of first choice because large-scale use readily leads to resistance.

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PubMed1998

Medical use of byproduct material; draft policy statement--NRC. draft policy statement.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is proposing, for formal comment, revisions of its 1979 policy statement on the medical use of byproduct material. These proposed revisions are one component of the Commission's overall program, as previously announced in the Federal Register, for revising its regulatory framework for medical use, including its regulations that govern the medical use of byproduct material. The overall goals of this program are to focus NRC regulation of medical use on those medical procedures that pose the highest risk and to structure its regulations to be risk-informed and performance-based, where appropriate, consistent with NRC's "Strategic Plan for Fiscal Year 1970 Fiscal Year 2002".

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PubMed1991

From prohibition to regulation: lessons from alcohol policy for drug policy.

Like current drug prohibition, alcohol prohibition in the 1920s produced a large criminalized industry. Post-repeal alcohol regulation, which tended to limit overall consumption, suggests that the legal regulated sale of currently illicit substances is technically practical and reasonable. However, no such radical change in drug policy will be politically feasible until well into the twenty-first century. Nevertheless, the failures and costs of the War on Drugs make moderate reform a more promising prospect.

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PubMed2003

[The tuberculin skin test in the Netherlands: new policies for an old test; guideline from the Netherlands Tuberculosis Control Policy Committee].

The primary function of tuberculin skintesting is to demonstrate latent tuberculosis infection. The Netherlands Tuberculosis Control Policy Committee revised the guideline for the use and interpretation of the test because of new insights and changes of the epidemiological situation. Tuberculin testing should target persons who are likely to benefit from treatment of latent tuberculosis infection, such as contacts of tuberculosis-source cases, persons with increased occupational risk of tuberculosis exposure and persons with an increased risk of breaking down from infection to active disease as a result of depressed cellular immunity. The contribution of the tuberculin skintest to the diagnosis of active tuberculosis is limited. Different cut-off values for a positive test result are recommended in order to obtain optimum positive and negative predictive values in different target groups. In screening programmes, if the initial test result is 3-9 mm, follow-up tests are only indicated after exclusion of boosting by the initial two-step method. In contact investigations and persons with immune disorders, a history of Bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG) vaccination should not longer be regarded a contraindication for tuberculin testing.

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PubMed1998

[Optimization of the antibiotics policy in the Netherlands. II. SWAB guidelines for the antimicrobial therapy of pneumonia in patients at home and as nosocomial infections. The Netherlands Antibiotic Policy Foundation].

The Netherlands Antibiotic Policy Foundation issued guidelines for empirical antimicrobial therapy of adult pneumonia patients in hospitals. A distinction is made between pneumonia contracted at home or in hospital because of the differences in micro-organisms and resistance patterns. These two categories are subdivided further with an empirical antibiotic treatment being chosen on the basis of the causative agents to be expected. For instance, pneumonia contracted at home is mostly caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, to be treated with benzylpenicillin or amoxicillin. With regard to nosocomial pneumonia, treatment varies according to whether a pneumonia has or has not been contracted in the intensive care unit. Combating development of resistance is alloted an important place. Emphasis is laid on 'streamlining' the therapy, i.e. its adjustment (including choosing an antibiotic with the narrowest possible spectrum) once the causative agent is known.

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