The term is currently used to designate either a place or a philosophy of care for persons in the last stages of life and their families. For decades there have been hospices in England, free-standing facilities unaffiliated with hospitals and autonomous in terms of professional procedures.
Antimicrobial resistance refers to the resistance of a microbial organism to a drug or an agent that was previously effective in eliminating the organism or checking its growth and multiplication. Drug resistant strains generally evolve over a period of time in nature.
antimicrobial anÂ·tiÂ·miÂ·croÂ·biÂ·al (Än'tÄ-mÄ«-krÅ'bÄ-Él, Än'tÄ«-) or anÂ·tiÂ·miÂ·croÂ·bic (-bÄ­k) adj. Tending to destroy microbes, prevent their development, or inhibit their pathogenic action.