<p>Inappropriate Dental Antibiotic Prescriptions: Potential Driver of the Antimicrobial Resistance in Albaha Region, Saudi Arabia</p>

Evaluation of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and management through pharmacist-led antimicrobial stewardship programmes: a meta-analysis of evidence

“…Articles excluded were 57 reviews, 78 articles without prescribing patterns, 53 that came from outside the Gulf region, and 128 articles with outcomes other than inappropriateness; the remaining 18 articles were included. [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] In the second step, a total of 2453 articles were searched, and after removing duplications 2357 were from PubMed, two from Embase and one from Elsevier. Nine hundred and one articles were excluded based on the abstract, and 1349 based on the title; 110 articles were included and studied thoroughly.…”

Survey of the Knowledge and Use of Antibiotics among Medical and Veterinary Health Professionals and Students in Portugal

“…Additionally, Scaioli et al [ 26 ] recommended creating more awareness on this topic during degree courses to prepare for when students become medical doctors and are able to prescribe these drugs. One effective strategy recommended by Alzahrani et al [ 17 ] and O’Neill [ 29 ] to combat incorrect antibiotics use consists in continuing education to improve knowledge and awareness of both professionals and the general population.…”

“…The conceptual framework that represents this work was based on the findings of previous studies in this area, as described by Dyar et al [ 17 ], Napolitano et al [ 20 ], Rábano-Blanco et al [ 21 ], and Xia et al [ 22 ], on the diagnosis for antibiotic use and management by the health community and how knowledge and concerns surrounding the issue need to be evaluated to try to raise awareness of antibiotic use, resistance, and stewardship. To identify the professional groups to include, the advantages of targeting individual researchers and institutions from academia, industry, and practitioners [ 14 ], like students, teachers, researchers, and technicians, were taken into account.…”

“…A key public health priority on a global scale is thus to conserve antibiotics by optimizing how they are prescribed and taken in order to reduce AMR spread [ 4 ] and to introduce educational initiatives to encourage the coherent and proper use of antibiotics [ 16 , 17 ]. Future research may be needed to evaluate the prescription of antibiotics in both regular and emergency services, as well as on the knowledge and awareness of health professionals [ 17 ]. For example, the promotion of appropriate antibiotic stewardship for pet owners and vets may offer a viable pathway for planning interventions, benefitting from synergies with other interventions that target prescribers [ 9 ].…”

Oral pain and infection control strategies for treating children and adolescents in India

“…Various factors like sex, specialty, years of practice, having own children, hours spent over treating children played a significant role in deciding various strategies related to pain and infection control in children and adolescents. [ 7 8 9 10 11 12 ]…”