18 Amendments of Margrete AUKEN related to 2014/2207(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- having regard to proposal to Regulation 2014/0257 (COD) of the European Parliament and the Council of 10 September 2014 on veterinary medicine;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas conflicts of interests related to the pharmaceutical industry exist in hospitals, amongst general practitioners as well as among veterinarians;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recommends thatCalls on the Commission to continue monitoring the implementation of the provisions on patient safety in the Member States; and where necessary develop new guidelines accordingly;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point b
Paragraph 6 – point b
b) regularly collect updated dataa in accordance with standardised surveys on the prevalence and incidence of adverse events in their own territory and enhance early warning alert systems;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. InvitesCalls on the Member States to improve their reporting systems for adverse events and medical errors by developing measures that encourage accurate, blame-free and anonymous reporting by health professionals and patients;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. InvitesCalls on the Member States to be more rigorous in verifying and enforcing the ban on non-medical external staff performing medical treatment; points out that this is happening with employees of companies that provide sophisticated medical machinery to hospitals; therefore, calls on Member States to introduce a mandatory registration of the presence of product specialists during therapeutic treatments;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Member States to take the necessary measures to avoid any conflict of interests by doctors and veterinarians in relation to prescription and sale of medicines;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to develop standardised surveys for collecting data on HAIs;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes and encourages further research for new antimicrobial drugs, in particular antibiotics with activity against prevalent multidrug-resistant Gram- negative bacteria such as K. pneumoniae and Acinetobacter, as well asbut insists that it is of primary importance to first of all ensure responsible and sensible use of antimicrobials; welcomes and encourages further research for alternative methods aimed at fighting HAIs without using antibiotics;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Notes with great concern the link between veterinary use of antimicrobials and the development of antimicrobial resistance in farmers, and the risk of spreading this resistance upon hospital treatment;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Notes with great concern the high number of animals infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, and the risk of carry-over of these bacteria from infected meat to consumers;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Member States to promottake forceful action to ensure the responsible and sensible use in human medicine of all antimicrobial agents and in particular antibiotics, and to ensure that antibiotics are not used for preventive purposes, unless there is a clear medical justification for it;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 22 – point b a (new)
ba) regulate so as to prevent any conflicts of interests between hospitals, practitioners and the pharmaceutical industry;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. repeats its call adopted in its Resolution on the public health threat of antimicrobial resistance of 27 October 2011 for a phase-out of the prophylactic use of antibiotics in livestock farming, stressing that the livestock and intensive fish-farming sectors should focus on preventing disease through good hygiene, housing and animal husbandry, as well as strict bio-security measures, rather than the prophylactic use of antibiotics;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 – point a
Paragraph 23 – point a
a) PromotEnsure the responsible and sensible use in veterinary medicine of all antimicrobial agents and in particular antibiotics, by allowing their use only for treatment after medical diagnosis, and by banning the veterinary use of antimicrobials that are critically important in human medicine, such as fluoroquinolones and third- and - fourth generation cephalosporin;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – introductory part
Paragraph 25 – introductory part
25. Calls on the co-legislator, when negotiating the proposal for a regulation on veterinary medicinal products 2014/0257 (COD), to make recommendationfollow a course of action that is in line with the One Health principle, and more particularly:
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 1
Paragraph 25 – indent 1
– to adopt provisions aimed at banning or limitbanning the off-label use in animals of certain antimicrobials authorised only in human medicine, following a risk assessment of such use;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 – indent 2
Paragraph 25 – indent 2
– to introduce the mandatory registration of all off-label antimicrobials by prescribers of veterinary medicines as well as by the competent national authoritiesupport mandatory recording of the quantities of all antimicrobials used in livestock farming, to be communicated to the competent national authorities and made public by them on an annual basis;