Authors
Nikita Goswami, Prasanna Dahal, Shakti Shrestha, Bhuvan Kc, Shyam Kumar Mallik
Publication date
2020/9/10
Journal
Risk management and healthcare policy
Pages
1513-1522
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Description
Background
Community pharmacies are easily accessible outlets providing medicines to the general public in Nepal, but it is known that irrational dispensing of antibiotics from such outlets contributes to antimicrobial resistance.
Objective
To assess the understanding of community pharmacy personnel around antibiotic-dispensing in Eastern Nepal and the relationship between this understanding and their personal characteristics.
Methods
A cross-sectional survey was conducted on 312 pharmacy personnel working in community pharmacies of three districts within Eastern Nepal using a self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze participants’ characteristics and their understanding of antibiotic dispensing. The relationships between their understanding of antibiotic dispensing and their characteristics were determined using Chi-square tests.
Results
Most of the pharmacy personnel …
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N Goswami, P Dahal, S Shrestha, B Kc, SK Mallik - Risk management and healthcare policy, 2020