Getting off-topic here, but the Dutch have an excellent record of reducing antibiotic-resistant staph infections (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), and I assume that the strict control of antibiotic compounds (including ointments/creams) is one part of their national program to combat antibiotic-resistant infections. The Dutch began the program a long time ago, when antibiotic-resistant bacteria first started becoming a problem. Today, in US hospitals, roughly half of hospital-acquired staph infections are antibiotic-resistant. In Holland, it's less than 1%--among the lowest in Europe.