Upper respiratory tract infection management- an educational intervention study on knowledge attitudes and practices of pharmacists in Durban, South Africa

• In: Poster presentation
• At: Buenos Aires (Argentina) (2016)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-CPS-020
• By: ESSACK, Sabiha (University of KwaZulu-Natal, Antimicrobial Research Unit, Durban, South Africa)
• Co-author(s): Safiyya Asmal:Antimicrobial Research Unit,University of KwaZulu-Natal,Durban,South Africa|Swaleha Desai:Antimicrobial Research Unit,University of KwaZulu-Natal,Durban,South Africa|Yonela Jauza:Antimicrobial Research Unit,University of KwaZulu-Natal,Durban,South Africa|Lindiwe Kunene:Antimicrobial Research Unit,University of KwaZulu-Natal,Durban,South Africa|Ruvania Moodley:Antimicrobial Research Unit,University of KwaZulu-Natal,Durban,South Africa|Craig Perumal:Antimicrobial Research Unit,University of KwaZulu-Natal,Durban,South Africa|Sabiha Essack:Antimicrobial Research Unit,University of KwaZulu-Natal,Durban,South Africa
  
• Abstract:

  The indiscriminate use of antibiotics has led to the progresseive decrease in antibiotic effectiveness attributed to antibiotic resistance. It is imperative that pharmacists advance antibiotic stewardship in the community by decreasing unnecessary antibiotic use in viral upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs).   

  Convenience sampling yielded 85

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