Community pharmacists’ knowledge, attitude, and practices towards dispensing antibiotics without prescription (DAwP): A cross-sectional survey in Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 95-100

  Hadi, Muhammad Abdul ^a,b   Karami, Nedaa Ali ^a   Al Muwalid, Anhar S ^a   Al Otabi, Areej ^a   Al Subahi, Eshtyaq ^a   Bamomen, Asmaa ^a   Mohamed, Mahmoud M A ^a   Elrggal, Mahmoud E ^a  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Community pharmacists; Over the counter; Pilgrims; Prescription; Quality use of antibiotics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISPENSING ANTIBIOTIC WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACIST; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; SAUDI ARABIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACIES; PHARMACISTS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84979663090     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.06.003     Document Type: Article

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