Exploring antibiotic knowledge and dispensing behaviours in community pharmacy settings: a crosssectional study

Antibiotics are used for the treatment of bacterial infections.It produces the action by inhibiting the growth or destroying it.The too much use of Ab's and wrong use of Ab's leads to Ab's resistance (opposition).The treatment of microbial infection has become complicated due to the uncontrollable increase of ABR in the world.The increase in treatment complications, side effects, disablement, death, and other resources increase the cost of treatment, so we need to consider the threat of Ab's.Most outpatients consume the Ab's via OTC; more than 50% of the OTC Ab's are not prescribed by medical practitioners.So, community pharmacists need to be involved in the efficacious, safe, and secure use of Ab's.Community pharmacies are privately owned pharmacies run by licensed pharmacists to provide and distribute prescribed medications 1 .Pharmacists play a important role in dispensing medicine, patient education, and counselling to improve patient lifestyles with other healthcare workers 2 .Since the year 2000, antibiotic use has increased by 36% worldwide.Many countries proposed legal guidelines for Ab's dispensing, but day by day community pharmacists ignore the guidelines and make them available without prescription for profit.WHO reported that 93% of the population selfmedicated the Ab's themselves from a community pharmacy 3 .Globally, 80% of the Ab's use accounts for community 4 .An improper knowledge of Ab's usage and disposal increases the threat of ABR.