- Title
- Evidence-based strategies for better antibiotic prescribing
- Creator
- Magin, Parker; Davey, Andrew R.; Davis, Joshua
- Relation
- Australian Journal of General Practice Vol. 51, Issue 1-2, p. 21-24
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-07-21-6089
- Publisher
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Background: Antibiotic resistance is a key global health threat, and antibiotic overuse is a significant contributing factor. Antibiotic stewardship is a vital issue for general practice. Objective: The aim of this article is to discuss evidence-based strategies for general practitioners (GPs) and general practices to contribute to antibiotic stewardship and, thus, reduce the overall burden of antibiotic prescribing in the community. Discussion: For individual GPs, and for practices, there is good evidence for the effectiveness of several strategies. As well as having a firm grasp of the clinical evidence in the area, important strategies for GPs include: eliciting and exploring patient understanding and expectations, and incorporating these in communication and management; offering delayed prescribing; using appropriate non-antibiotic symptomatic management; and, when prescribing antibiotics, doing so only for genuine clinical indications, with the appropriate antibiotic, at the appropriate dose, for the shortest appropriate duration. Practices can adopt a practice culture and practicewide prescribing policies that promote antibiotic stewardship.
- Subject
- antibiotic; evidence; prescribing; strategies
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1468168
- Identifier
- uon:48015
- Identifier
- ISSN:2208-794X
- Language
- eng
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