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Nonjudicious Dispensing of Antibiotics by Drug Stores in Pratumthani, Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Anucha Apisarnthanarak ,
Jeeraluk Tunpornchai ,
Korakot Tanawitt  and
Linda M. Mundy
Anucha Apisarnthanarak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
Jeeraluk Tunpornchai
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
Korakot Tanawitt
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University Hospital, Pratumthani, Thailand
Linda M. Mundy
Affiliation:
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Saint Louis, Missouri
*
Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pratumthani, Thailand12000 ([email protected])
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Abstract

Mock patient presentations of 6 common syndromic ailments to drug stores in Pratumthani, Thailand, were conducted. Appropriate dispensing of antibiotic therapy for all 6 presentations occurred at 56 (20%) of 280 drug stores. By multivariate analysis, drug stores' proximity to a hospital was associated with appropriate dispensing of antibiotics (adjusted odds ratio, 34 [95% confidence interval, 15–83]; P < .001).

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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , June 2008 , pp. 572 - 575
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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