ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
An Interventional Call-Back Service to Improve Appropriate Use of Antibiotics in Community Pharmacies.
Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- A Systematic Review of Controlled Trials: Can Patient Adherence to Antibiotics Be Improved Through Pharmaceutical Communication-Based Interventions?Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Interventions to Expand Community Pharmacists' Scope of Practice.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Piloting an opioid callback program in community pharmacies.Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhAArticle
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Abstract
Pharmacists play a key role in tackling antibiotic misuse through counseling and education of patients and healthcare providers. The study aim is to evaluate the appropriateness of antibiotic prescriptions in community pharmacy settings while implementing an interventional call-back service to assess adherence and symptom resolution among patients prescribed an antibiotic. Patients were recruited by community pharmacists who were assigned to either the call-back, structured counseling, or standard care arms. Patients in the call-back group received intensive antibiotic counseling and a phone call from the study pharmacist 3 to 5 days after antibiotic initiation. The counseling arm patients received intensive antibiotic counseling from the study pharmacist while patients in the standard care arm received routine care. Antibiotic adherence rates among the standard care (
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