What Is Get Smart About Antibiotics Week?

Get Smart about Antibiotics Week is an annual effort to coordinate the work of CDC's Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work campaign, state-based appropriate antibiotic use campaigns, non-profit partners, and for-profit partners during a one week observance of the importance of appropriate antibiotic use. Oregon AWARE (Alliance Working for Antibiotic Resistance Education) encourages the appropriate use of antibiotics and aims to reduce the problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in Oregon.

• Oregon AWARE worked with physician assistant students, nursing students and pharmacy students around Oregon to set up educational booths at chosen community venues. On November 16, the OSU College of Pharmacy was at Pioneer Courthouse Square in downtown Portland to get the word out about antibiotic resistance and appropriate antibiotic use. Read more about the event.

• Public service announcements were aired on radio stations.
• English and Spanish (pdf) billboards were displayed in the Portland-Salem Metro area.
• Pharmacists distributed "bagstuffers" (pdf) to patients at pharmacies throughout the State of Oregon.

To get involved with Get Smart About Antibiotics Week, contact us at: oregon.aware@state.or.us

Resources

Print and Web ads

• Ad for — Parent of Younger Child
• Ad for — Parent of Older Child
• Ad for — Pharmacist (with links)
• Ad for — Pharmacist (without links)

Podcasts

• Pharmacists Can Make The Difference (CDC)
• Get Smart: Know When Antibiotics Work (CDC)
• Antibiotics: One of the Greatest Discoveries of the 20th Century (CDC)

More Resources

• Get Smart (CDC)

• Get Smart campaign materials (CDC)