ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: DREAMLAND OF CLINICAL PHARMACISTS?

  • Arash Eatemadi Infectious Disease Specialist, Hospital Stewardship Committee, Suhar Hospital, Suhar, Sultanate Of Oman
  • Sirous Golchinheydari Faculty of Medicine, National University of Science And Technology, Suhar, Sultanate of Oman
  • Ahmed Al Za'abi Clinical Pharmacist, Hospital Stewardship Committee, Suhar Hospital, Suhar, Sultanate of Oman
  • Abdullah Al Roshdi Hospital Pharmacist, Suhar Hospital, Suhar, Sultanate of Oman
  • Adel Al Baloushi Hospital Pharmacist, Suhar Hospital, Suhar, Sultanate of Oman
  • Amna AL Baloushi Hospital Pharmacist, Suhar Hospital, Suhar, Sultanate of Oman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32553/jbpr.v10i1.823
Keywords: Antimicrobial resistance, Emergency department, Clinical pharmacists

Abstract

Antibiotic prescription and antimicrobial resistance are parallel to each other. Misuse of antibiotics can increase health system costs and more importantly, morbidity and mortality, due to the emerging multi-drug resistant pathogens. Implementation of antibiotic stewardship programs in the hospital wards and intensive care units are a well-known action, however, there is an attention deficit regarding this activity in emergency department, the portal of admission to the wards. Therefore, making a specific plan with leadership of clinical pharmacists is highly desirable.

Key words: Antimicrobial resistance, Emergency department, Clinical pharmacists

Published
2021-02-09
How to Cite
Eatemadi , A., Golchinheydari, S., Al Za’abi, A., Roshdi, A. A., Baloushi, A. A., & Baloushi, A. A. (2021). ANTIMICROBIAL STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT: DREAMLAND OF CLINICAL PHARMACISTS?. Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research, 10(1), 26-28. https://doi.org/10.32553/jbpr.v10i1.823
Issue
Vol. 10 No. 1 (2021)
Section
Articles

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