23 Amendments of Miriam DALLI related to 2017/2254(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to the proposal of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on veterinary medicinal products (COM(2014)558 final)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
– having regard to the January 2017, EFSA and EMA Joint Scientific Opinion on the measures to reduce the use of antimicrobials and the need to use antimicrobials in food producing animals ('RONAFA' opinion);
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 b (new)
Citation 14 b (new)
– having regard to the ECDC- EFSA-EMA publication which investigates the association between consumption of antimicrobials and occurrence of AMR in food-producing animals and in humans; first Joint report 2015 (JIACRA I) and second 2017 (JIACRA II);
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas prudent antibiotic use and infection prevention and control in all healthcare sectors are cornerstones for effectively preventing the development and transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas vaccinations and rapid diagnostic tools (RDT) have the potential to limit antibiotic abuse; whereas RDT allow healthcare professionals to quickly diagnose a patient with a bacterial or viral infection and, consequently, to reduce the misuse of antibiotics and the risk of resistance developing1a; _________________ 1aWHO Global guidelines on the prevention of surgical site infection (2016), available at: http://www.who.int/gpsc/ssi-guidelines/en/
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas active screening programs with RDT have been proven to significantly contribute to the control of HAI and the reduction of the spread within hospitals and between patients1a _________________ 1aCelsus Academie voor Betaalbare zorg. Cost-effectiveness of policies to limit antimicrobial resistance in dutch healthcare organisations. Research report. January 2016. Available at: https://goo.gl/wAeN3L
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that in order to take sufficient steps to tackle AMR, the One Health principle must play a central role, reflecting the fact that the health of people and animals and the environment are interconnected and that diseases are transmitted from people to animals and vice versa; stresses, therefore, that diseases have to be tackled in both people and animals, while also taking into special consideration the environment, which can be another source of resistant microorganisms;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to align surveillance, monitoring and reporting of AMR patterns and pathogens; calls on the Commission to draft, in consultation with EMA, EFSA, ECDC and other key stakeholders, an EU priority pathogen list (PPL) for both humans and animals, thereby clearly setting future R&D priorities;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to align surveillance, monitoring and reporting of AMR patterns and pathogens; calls on the Commission to encourage and support Member States to put in place and monitor national targets for the surveillance and reduction of AMR/HAIs;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to expand the role and funding of the ECDC, EFSA and EMA in the fight against AMR; believes that close collaboration between these EU agencies is paramount;
Amendment 172 #
6a. Stresses that compliance to infection control guidelines, integrating targets for infection rate reductions and supporting best practice all help address patient safety in the hospital environment;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Encourages Member States to prevent the spread of infection by resistant bacteria by implementing active screening programs with rapid diagnostic technologies in order to quickly identify patients infected with multi-drug resistant bacteria and to put in place appropriate infection control measures (e.g. patient isolation, cohorting and reinforced hygiene measures);
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission and Member States to create harmonised quality standards in EU-wide curriculafollowing the One Health approach in EU-wide curricula, to foster interdisciplinary education and proper stewardship for health professionals in relation to prescribing, dosage, use, and disposal of antimicrobials and AMR contaminated materials;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights that the pollution of the environment by human and veterinaryanimal antibiotic residues is an emerging problem and encourages further research into the relative impact of this pollution on AMR;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Calls on the Commission to appropriately address the release of pharmaceuticals into the environment and the emergence of AMR in its strategic approach to pharmaceuticals in the environment;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to revise their Codes of Good Agricultural Practice and revise relevant best available techniques under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) to include provisions for the handling of manure containing antibiotics/AMR microorganisms;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14 c. Calls on the Commission to review and revise Best Available Techniques Reference (BREF) documents under the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) relevant to emissions from the manufacturing plants of antibiotics;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14 e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that environmental issues are introduced into the pharmacovigilance system for human pharmaceuticals and strengthened for veterinary pharmaceuticals particularly in relation to AMR;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Calls on the Commission to further support its R&D effort on AMR, including global health infections defined in the Sustainable Development Goals, especially drug resistant TB as well as Malaria, HIV and NTDs, as part of the next EU Research Framework Programme, including by dedicating a specific mission in the Programme to the global fight against AMR;
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28 a. Notes the importance of universal access to existing antibiotics, in order to ensure targeted treatment with specific antibiotics, which should be available in order to avoid the misuse of unsuitable antibiotics and the overuse of broad- spectrum antibiotics;
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)
Paragraph 28 b (new)
28 b. Calls on the Commission to take the global lead in advocating for evidence-based best practice models for early diagnosis to tackle AMR;