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Community pharmacists' views on their current role and future opportunities for antibiotic stewardship: a French qualitative study

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JAC-ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
卷 3, 期 3, 页码 -

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jacamr/dlab129

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  1. Regional Pharmacist Society of Grand Est (URPS)
  2. AntibioEst (the regional Grand Est antibiotic stewardship network)

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The study revealed that French community pharmacists have a good understanding of antibiotic stewardship and antibiotic resistance, and are willing to be more involved in ABS activities, although they face difficulties in their relationships with doctors. Their current practices include counseling patients and reporting contraindications/drug interactions to prescribers. In the future, CPs hope to conduct rapid diagnostic testing for sore throat, but there are differing opinions on changing antibiotic prescriptions made by physicians.
Background: Different healthcare professionals should contribute to antibiotic stewardship (ABS) activities. Involvement of community pharmacists (CPs) has been little explored worldwide to date. Objectives: To explore French CPs' views on ABS and antibiotic resistance, their role and current practices, and future opportunities for ABS. Methods: A qualitative study using semi-structured face-to-face individual interviews was performed from May to October 2019 among CPs from north-eastern France. Transcripts of the interviews were analysed using a thematic analysis. Results: Twenty-seven interviews were conducted. Most participants had a clear understanding of antibiotic resistance and ABS. They considered themselves as 'guardians of the appropriate use of drugs' but often failed to fulfil this mission because of difficult relationships with physicians. Their current ABS practices are: (i) counselling patients about the antibiotic treatment; and (ii) reporting to the prescriber when they identify contraindications/drug interactions. Concerning their potential increased involvement in ABS, CPs felt they could perform more rapid diagnostic testing for sore throat; they were divided on the possibility for them to change the antibiotic prescription made by a physician and were mainly against the possibility of initiating an antibiotic prescription. The idea of systematically collecting unused antibiotics was perceived well by CPs, while unit dose delivery was not. Conclusions: French community pharmacists are willing to become more involved in ABS activities. Collaboration and trust between pharmacists and prescribers should however be improved.

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