Community pharmacists' knowledge, attitude, and nonprescription dispensing practices of antibiotics: An explorative study in a selected city of South India

Community pharmacists' knowledge, attitude, and nonprescription dispensing practices of antibiotics: An explorative study in a selected city of South India

Objective: This study aimed to assess the community pharmacists' knowledge of antibiotics, their attitude toward antibiotic usage and antibiotic resistance, and their nonprescription dispensing practices of antibiotics. Methods: A cross sectional-questionnaire-based study was conducted among 75...

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Main Authors:	K Sarath Kumar, S Saranya, Nagasubramanian Vanitha Rani
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022-01-01
Series:	Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice
Subjects:	antibiotics attitude knowledge nonprescription dispensing resistance
Online Access:	http://www.jrpp.net/article.asp?issn=2319-9644;year=2022;volume=11;issue=2;spage=51;epage=58;aulast=Kumar

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