Setting targets for antibiotic use in general practice in Europe: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

National Action Plans (NAPs) aim to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) understanding and awareness but struggle to translate targets into clinically relevant guidance for general practice.

Objective

To identify and map antibiotic use targets in European general practice and explore if and how these targets are linked to NAPs.

Methods

A systematic search was carried out in MEDLINE (OVID), EMBASE and SCOPUS, with additional manual searches. The research questions were: What are existing targets for antibiotic use in general practice in the 31 European countries? and How are these targets linked to the NAPs on AMR?. The results are presented narratively.

Results

77 reports were included, of which 33 focused on national targets and general practice o

SUBMITTER: Garzon-Orjuela N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11610282 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature