Perceptions regarding antimicrobial use and resistance among adult hospital patients in Saudi Arabian Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals

Background: Education, a key strategy within antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASPs), has been mainly directed towards healthcare professionals and prescribers more than hospitalised patients. Aim: To examine patients’ knowledge and perceptions of antibiotic use and resistance, while evaluating...

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Published in:	Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
Main Authors:	Saleh Alghamdi, Ilhem Berrou, Zoe Aslanpour, Eshtyag Bajnaid, Abdulhakim Alzahrani, Nada Atef Shebl
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Springer 2020-12-01
Subjects:	Antimicrobials Inpatients Perceptions Knowledge Resistance Stewardship programmes
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319016420302462

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