Evaluation of antibiotics returned for safe disposal during and after a community pharmacy antibiotic amnesty campaign.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community pharmacies in England offer convenient and safe disposal of unwanted medicines, including antimicrobials, and better uptake of this service could limit environmental antimicrobial resistance. However, there is limited information on the extent and nature of antibiotic returns to community pharmacies. The impact of an antibiotic amnesty campaign promoting antibiotic disposal through community pharmacies was evaluated with the intention of collecting detailed information on the antibiotics returned.

Methods

An antibiotic amnesty campaign was delivered by community pharmacies in the Midlands (England) with an audit of returned antibiotics conducted in 19 community pharmacies in Leicestershire. Detailed information on antibiotics returned for disposal was ga

SUBMITTER: Hamilton RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11503646 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature