Assertion: antibiotic | /r/HasProperty | unnecessary
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text: In the pediatric community alone we have recent data showing an excess of 11 million prescriptions a year for antibiotics that are likely unnecessary,” says Dr. Newland, who is also chair for the Pediatric Committee on Antimicrobial Stewardship within the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society.
text: Recent research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and The Pew Charitable Trusts shows that nearly 1 in 3 antibiotics prescribed at outpatient facilities—including physician’s offices, emergency departments, and hospital-based outpatient clinics—is unnecessary, amounting to 47 million prescriptions a year.