Evaluation of Antibiotic Administration in Community Pharamacy

Abstract

Introduction: Today, resistant microorganisms to antibiotics are not only encountered in hospitals, but they are also spreading more widely in the community. The aim of this study was to evaluate one of the factors of antibiotic resistance, the administration of antibiotics in the community pharmacies. Materia and method: The study was conducted in an comunity pharmacy. The collected data covers the period of time April - June 2022, including a considerable number of patients and concrete cases. The base for data collection are the prescription of antibiotics by the family doctor and interviews with clients presented at the pharmacy. Results: Referred our data 88.3% of the patients directed to the pharmacy had the doctor's prescription for the required antibiotics and 11.7% do not have it. The most used antibiotic for the period taken in the study is ciprofloxacin, 16%, followed by azithromycin (15.5%) and amoxiclav (10.9%). According to doctor's specialty, the most of antibiotic prescriptions were from urologist doctor 18.6% , followed by the pulmonologist 16.8% and the family doctor 15.9%. Conclusions: Most of antibiotic are prescribe by doctor based in their experience and not to laboratory test results. In this situation is very important and urgent needs review national plan and protocols of antibiotic used in treatment of infections.