IBPS PO Mains 2018 Paper for online practice

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Question : 21 of 155
 
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Statement -
The Indian Council of Medical Research issued a warning two years ago, based on studies conducted in hospitals that resistance to antibiotics was found in 50% of patients. A large number of infants were dying due to infections that did not respond to treatment.
Courses of action -
I. The revision of antibiotics classes by the World Health Organisation in its list of essential medicines is a welcome step in the global initiative to push back against antimicrobial resistance, the phenomenon of bacteria becoming resistant even to the most potent drugs.
II. Close scrutiny of these by national stewardship programmes such as those initiated by the ICMR is needed. Which of the following will be the course of action?
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