Quantifying Antimicrobial Disposals at Six Community Pharmacies With Longitudinal Medication Disposal Programs: An Underappreciated Component of a One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Stewardship
In this geographically limited study, nearly 1.3 kg of antimicrobial API was disposed of in a span of 1.5 years. Recognizing antimicrobial disposal as an important component of a One Health approach to antimicrobial stewardship, with the goal of expanding these efforts, may influence antimicrobial resistance in our environment.
Authors
- Andrew D. Johnston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5769-3106)
- Mark Buchanan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4995-7738)
- Jordan R. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1789-3517)
- Anthony Freeman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2883-9065)
- Travis J Carlson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9564-3030)
- Ryan Hoskins
- Courtney L. Bradley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5955-6693)
- Michael A. Ferguson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8751-3348)
- Brian Marks
- Elizabeth M. Bickenbach
- Rachel Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3172-4872)
- Brittany R Weger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8545-7418)
- Elizabeth Hoskins
- Steve Detter
Institutions
- High Point University (US)
- Austin College (US)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center (US)
- Burlington College (US)
- Rite Aid (United States) (US)
- Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (US)
- Total Rehab (US)
- The University of Texas at San Antonio (US)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Thomas University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaf040
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.52
Funders
- Wake Forest University
- Aimmune Therapeutics