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Antibiotic Resistance: What Can Be Done In Primary Care To Alleviate The Crisis?, Malene Hansen, Amanda Mccullough, Tammy Hoffman, Mieke Van Driel, Chris Del Mar
Antibiotic Resistance: What Can Be Done In Primary Care To Alleviate The Crisis?, Malene Hansen, Amanda Mccullough, Tammy Hoffman, Mieke Van Driel, Chris Del Mar
Amanda McCullough
Numerous opportunities are available in primary care for alleviating the crisis of increasing antibiotic resistance. Preventing patients from developing an acute respiratory infection (ARI) will obviate any need for antibiotic use downstream. Hygiene measures such as physical barriers and hand hygiene, and possibly vaccination and exercise, may be effective. Also, a large range of complementary and alternative medicines (e.g. zinc, vitamin C and probiotics) are proposed for preventing and treating ARIs, but evidence for efficacy is scarce. General practitioners’ (GPs) attitudes towards antibiotic prescribing are a major factor in the prescribing for ARIs. Professional interventions with educational components are effective, …
Written Information For Patients On The Use Of Antibiotics In Acute Upper Respiratory Infections In Primary Care, Jack O'Sullivan, Robert Harvey, Amanda Mccullough, Paul Glasziou
Written Information For Patients On The Use Of Antibiotics In Acute Upper Respiratory Infections In Primary Care, Jack O'Sullivan, Robert Harvey, Amanda Mccullough, Paul Glasziou
Amanda McCullough
To determine the effect of patient information on antibiotic use in patients presenting to primary care settings with URTIs