Dispensing of Non-Prescribed Antibiotics from Community Pharmacies of Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Pharmacy Staff’s Opinion
| Autor: | Muhammad Aziz, Pengchao Li, Muhammad Fawad Rasool, Yu Fang, Sadia Bahsir, Thamir M Alshammary, Mingyue Zhao, Furqan Khurshid Hashmi, Fatima Haider |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty knowledge Cross-sectional study medicine.drug_class practices 030106 microbiology Antibiotics Pharmacy RM1-950 Biochemistry Microbiology Article antibiotics 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Antibiotic resistance community pharmacies Medicine dispensing Pharmacology (medical) Statistical analysis 030212 general & internal medicine General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Medical prescription non-prescribed Community pharmacies business.industry Public health Infectious Diseases Family medicine attitude Therapeutics. Pharmacology business |
| Zdroj: | Antibiotics Volume 10 Issue 5 Antibiotics, Vol 10, Iss 482, p 482 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2079-6382 |
| Popis: | Community pharmacies are the main channel of antibiotics distribution. We aimed to analyze the dispensing of non-prescribed antibiotics and knowledge of pharmacy staff. We conducted a cross-sectional study in Punjab, Pakistan between December 2017 and March 2018. A self-administered, structured, pretested, and validated bilingual questionnaire was used, and we used chi-square tests in the statistical analysis. A total of 573 (91.7%) pharmacy retailers responded to the survey 44.0% were aged 31–40 years and all were men. Approximately 81.5% of participants declared that dispensing non-prescribed antibiotics is a common practice in community pharmacies, and 51.1% considered themselves to be authorized to dispense these drugs 69.3% believed this a contributing factor to antimicrobial resistance. Most (79.1%) respondents believed that this practice promotes irrational antibiotics use, and half (52.2%) considered antimicrobial resistance to be a public health issue. Only 34.5% of respondents reported recommending that patients consult with a doctor prior to using antibiotics, and 61.8% perceived that their dispensing practices reduce patients’ economic burden. Approximately 44.9% of pharmacy retailers stated that they have proper knowledge about antibiotics use. Nitroimidazole was the main class of antibiotic dispensed without a prescription. Dispensing of injectable and broad-spectrum antibiotics can be potential threat for infection cure. Poor knowledge of staff is associated with dispensing of non-prescribed antibiotics. This inappropriate practice must be addressed immediately. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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