THE EVALUATION OF “THE ANTIBIOTIC SMART USE (ASU)” PROGRAM IN PHARYNGITIS IN COMMUNITY PHARMACY, BANGKOK
Author(s)
Tuntayothin W1, Sakulbumrungsil R2, Tunpichart S3, Kunok P4
1Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, ฺBangkok, Thailand, 3Community Pharmacy Association (Thailand), Bangkok, Thailand, 4Kanok Pharma Chain, Bangkok, Thailand
BACKGROUND: Pharyngitis is caused by either viruses and Streptococcus pyogenes OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the Antibiotic Smart Use (ASU) program in pharyngitis in community pharmacy. METHODS: An action research was conducted in one community pharmacy during February, 2017 to January, 2018 in Bangkok. Patients with pharyngitis would be participated in ASU program which consisted of health education and McIsaac Scores that is the screening the risk of group A Streptococcal pharyngitis. Patients with scores of 3 or more (having the risks of group A Streptococcal pharyngitis) would be dispensed with antimicrobial medication. But patients with scores less than 3 (having the risk of viral pharyngitis) would be dispensed with non-antimicrobial medicine (e.g. NSAIDs, herbs). We monitored the symptoms by phone after 3 days. RESULTS: There were Moreover, 41.18 and 58.82 percent of patients were satisfied and very satisfied in this program, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: ASU program is another useful tool to reduce the dispensing of the irrational antimicrobial dispensing.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2018-09, ISPOR Asia Pacific 2018, Tokyo, Japan
Value in Health, Vol. 21, S2 (September 2018)
Code
PIN49
Topic
Health Technology Assessment
Topic Subcategory
Decision & Deliberative Processes
Disease
Infectious Disease (non-vaccine), Multiple Diseases