Reduction of Bacterial Resistance by Medical Community

The medical fraternity should be at the forefront in educating patients and the general public on methods and techniques of reducing bacterial resistance. It is widely accepted that the connection between antibiotic use and resistance is compound, whereby there have been different findings in regard to the research studies conducted in the past. Several findings have concluded that a decrease in antibiotic resistance can only take place when there is a subsequent reduction in the utilization of antibiotics. Researchers have discovered that the period required for the frequency of antibiotic resistance to drop is generally higher than the period obligated in order for resistance to build up under selective pressure (Okeke, 2009). Success by medical practitioners in mitigating bacterial resistance have not been successful due to the lack of information on mortality rates as well as morbidity rates that are attributed to resistance. The medical community should furnish the public and themselves with data relating to the number of deaths blamed on resistance to bacteria. The medical community should also adhere to rules and regulations that forbid the sale of antibiotics over the counter.