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- General Information
- Regulatory framework
- Procedures: information on administrative and technical requirements for the use of the database of veterinary prescriptions.
- Information Compaign
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General Information
Currently the existing problems in relation to resistance to antibiotics around the world, has determined that the main international bodies responsible for public health and animal health have been launched, measures to promote the use responsible and prudent of antibiotics, both in human medicine and veterinary medicine.
The National Plan of resistance to antibiotics established 6 strategic guidelines covering different aspects of relevance to fulfil its objective and are monitoring the consumption of antibiotics, antibacterial resistance control, measures of prevention, the promotion of research, training and information to health professionals and communication and sensitization of the population.
Within the strategic line I in surveillance of antibiotic consumption, fits the measure I.1 for the monitoring of the use of antibiotics in Animal Health, in which a series of actions that include the development of computer control systems of the treatments of antibiotics linked to cattle are conducted.
The Central Control computer system of veterinary antibiotics prescriptions, PRESVET, is an effective tool in monitoring and surveillance of the prescriptions that are made of antibiotics in farming for to take the measures which are needed for their control. PRESVET centralizes information fom veterinary prescriptions of antibiotics including part of the information that composes the veterinary prescription, and which is essential to meet the objective to monitor and control the use of antibiotics in food-producing animals.
NOTE. The system does not include veterinary prescriptions that occur in pets, or data from other veterinary medicinal products. Similarly, although PRESVET centralizes the information on veterinary prescriptions of antibiotics should take into account that does not include in its functions the electronic management of the veterinary prescription.
Regulatory framework
Legislación nacional
El Royal Decree 191/2018, that settles the electronic transmission of data from the veterinary prescriptions of antibiotics for food-producing animals for human consumption, and amending various royal decrees in the field of animal husbandry, sets the obligation to communicate, on a monthly basis, data on prescriptions of antibiotics, in form of medicated feed or other pharmaceutical forms in food producing animals.
Procedures: information on administrative and technical requirements for the use of the database of veterinary prescriptions.
Notification of prescriptions of antibiotics in Autonomous Regions that have not established a database for notification of requirements regulations.
To comply with the regulations all veterinarians in clinical exercise that prescribe antibiotics or medicated feeds formulated on the basis of premixes that are antibiotics on farms that are not located in regions with a centralized notification system, shall notified to the database of PRESVET the minimum specifications listed in the annex I of Royal Decree 191/2018.
These data will be equally mandatory in the case of antibiotics that are prescribed for the application or management directly by the veterinarian, or under its responsibility with target animals under its care, in accordance with article 93 of the Royal Decree 109/1995 of 27 January on veterinary medicinal products.
This communication must be, at least once a month, either ordinary or exceptional prescription. In each communication to the database, the veterinary prescriber shall assign to each recipe his professional number according to the format defined in the Royal Decree 191/2018.
Information Compaign
3 YouTube tutorials of how to fill in the online form, how to make changes and modify data and how to upload excel files with notifications of antibiotics.
PRESVET I: Uso del formulario online de grabación.
PRESVET II: Buscador de datos y modificación de notificaciones.
PRESVET III: Registro de prescripciones mediante subida de archivos excel.
Enlaces de interés
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