{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["de Souza EV"],"funding":["Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior"],"pagination":["1576"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9788868"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["22(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>The indiscriminate use of antimicrobials is considered a major contributing factor to the increase in antimicrobial resistance. Community pharmacies are the main source of access to antimicrobials, and pharmacists are in a strategic position to promote rational use of these medicines. Therefore, it is important to know dispensing service quality.<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate the behavior of pharmacists in dispensing antimicrobials in community pharmacies in northeast Brazil.<h4>Methods</h4>This cross-sectional pilot study was conducted from August to October 2021 in a private community pharmacy chain in Sergipe. Dispensing was evaluated using the simulated patient (SP) technique. Two SP asked the pharmacists for the antimicrobials (case clinic 1: upper respiratory infect"],"journal":["BMC health services research"],"pubmed_title":["Evaluation of pharmacist's practices regarding the antimicrobials dispensing: a simulated patient study."],"pmcid":["PMC9788868"],"funding_grant_id":["001"],"pubmed_authors":["Dos Santos SNP","Cerqueira-Santos S","Vieira LJSC","de Oliveira Santos Silva R","de Souza EV","de Lyra DP","Rocha KSS"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Evaluation of pharmacist's practices regarding the antimicrobials dispensing: a simulated patient study.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>The indiscriminate use of antimicrobials is considered a major contributing factor to the increase in antimicrobial resistance. Community pharmacies are the main source of access to antimicrobials, and pharmacists are in a strategic position to promote rational use of these medicines. Therefore, it is important to know dispensing service quality.<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate the behavior of pharmacists in dispensing antimicrobials in community pharmacies in northeast Brazil.<h4>Methods</h4>This cross-sectional pilot study was conducted from August to October 2021 in a private community pharmacy chain in Sergipe. Dispensing was evaluated using the simulated patient (SP) technique. Two SP asked the pharmacists for the antimicrobials (case clinic 1: upper respiratory infect","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Dec","modification":"2025-04-04T08:45:13.552Z","creation":"2025-04-04T08:45:13.552Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9788868","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36564839"],"doi":["10.1186/s12913-022-08853-y"]}}