{"id":1850,"date":"2020-10-29T10:48:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T14:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/haiar\/?page_id=1850"},"modified":"2025-10-27T10:58:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T14:58:39","slug":"antimicrobial-awareness-week","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/haiar\/antimicrobial-awareness-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Antimicrobial Awareness Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1850\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1850-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1850-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1850-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p class=\"sow-headline\">U.S. &amp; World Antimicrobial Awareness Week is from November 18-24, 2025.<\/p>\n<div 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href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2023\/11\/Spotlight-on-CPOs-6.pdf\">Spotlight on Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2024\/11\/Antibiotic-Awareness-Week-2024-1.pdf\">Antibiotic Awareness Week 2024 Flyer PDF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/haiar\/antimicrobial-awareness-week\/usaaw-2023\/\">VHAG USAAW 2023 Flyer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/content\/uploads\/sites\/174\/2022\/11\/Antibiotic-Awareness-Week-2022-3.pdf\">VHAG USAAW 2022 Flyer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-1850-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-has-style\" ><div class=\"panel-row-style panel-row-style-for-1850-2\" ><div id=\"pgc-1850-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1850-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image 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