A reminder's going out to people to only use antibiotics when needed.
The HSE says overuse leads to antibiotic resistance which makes them less effective against bacterial infections.
It's stressing on European Antibiotic Awareness Day they don't work for viral infections like colds, flu and covid 19.
HSE National Clinical Lead for Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, Eimear Brannigan says it's not good to use them when not needed.
