Antibiotics overuse

Antibiotics overuse; ITN ENGLAND: Location Unknown Seq Nurse in putting on plastic apron and gloves, entering Isolation Unit and chatting to patient in bed (27secs) Dr Geoff Ridgeway (Consultant microbiologist) intvw - Very serious/ we're at stage where organisms exist that are resistant to most common antibiotics Colindale: Public Health Laboratory Services Male technician working with petri dishes: CS detail of poster showing resistant bacteria: female technician working with petri dishes (24secs) Rush i/c Professor Brian Duerden (Public Health Laboratory Service) intvw - Horrific situation/ can still treat most infections but this is possibility on horizon Hospital: Isolation Unit Nurse taking off plastic apron and putting it in rubbish bag patient in bed as nurse washes hands in basin beside (17secs) Location Unknown Professor Keiichi Hiramatsu and others at pkf (17secs) Keiichi Hiramatsu (Juntendo University, Tokyo) intvw - In 2-3yrs in continue using antibiotic in this way will have many resistant strains/ have discovered superbug/ everybody shocked in Japan Professor Brian Spratt (University of Sussex) pkf - If organisms became common in hospitals would be hard to perform major surgery we've got used to especially transplants Cutaway Press making notes Location Unknown Seq Chickens around in huge shed CMS chicken pecking from food bowl CMS another taking drink from container Food Packaging Factory Chicken pieces in plastic containers along on conveyor (13secs)