Quality of Community Pharmacy Practice in Antibiotic Self-Medication Encounters: A Simulated Patient Study in Upper Egypt

• Main Authors: Abdullah I. Abdelaziz (Author), Abdelrahman G. Tawfik (Author), Khaled A. Rabie (Author), Mohamad Omran (Author), Mustafa Hussein (Author), Adel Abou-Ali (Author), Al-Shaimaa F. Ahmed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antibiotic misuse, either by patients or healthcare professionals, is one of the major contributing factors to antimicrobial resistance. In many Middle Eastern countries including Egypt, there are no strict regulations regarding antibiotic dispensing by community pharmacies. In this study, we examin...