A national, multicentre web-based point prevalence survey of antimicrobial use in community healthcare centres across South Africa and the implications.
Phumzile P SkosanaNatalie SchellackBrian B GodmanAmanj Baker KurdiMarion BennieDanie KrugerJohanna Catharina MeyerPublished in: Hospital practice (1995) (2022)
It's encouraging to see high adherence to South African guidelines when antimicrobials were prescribed, with the majority taken from the WHO Access list. However, there were concerns with appreciable prescribing of antimicrobials for upper respiratory tract infections that are essentially viral in origin, and a lack of microbiological testing. The establishment of ASPs can help address identified concerns through designing and implementing appropriate interventions.
Keyphrases
- respiratory tract
- healthcare
- south africa
- quality improvement
- cross sectional
- primary care
- staphylococcus aureus
- sars cov
- risk factors
- hiv positive
- physical activity
- clinical trial
- mental health
- clinical practice
- study protocol
- randomized controlled trial
- glycemic control
- health information
- adipose tissue
- skeletal muscle
- human immunodeficiency virus
- hepatitis c virus
- men who have sex with men