Decreasing antibiotic use through a joint intervention targeting physicians and pharmacists

Future Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 877-886

  Roque, Fátima ^a,b,c   Teixeira Rodrigues, António ^a,d   Breitenfeld, Luiza ^b   Piñeiro Lamas, Maria ^e   Figueiras, Adolfo ^e,f   Herdeiro, Maria Teresa ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^c POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF GUARDA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^g Higher Polytechnic and University Education Co operative   (Portugal)

Author keywords

antibiotic consumption; antibiotic policies; community pharmacists; educational interventions; microbial resistance; primary care physicians

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PORTUGAL; PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERUSE; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; PORTUGAL; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PRESCRIPTION DRUG OVERUSE; TETRACYCLINES;

EID: 84979600109     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2016-0010     Document Type: Article

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