KHẢO SÁT THỰC TRẠNG KIẾN THỨC VỀ SỬ DỤNG KHÁNG SINH CỦA NGƯỜI BÁN THUỐC Ở MỘT SỐ NHÀ THUỐC TẠI THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH NĂM 2022

Abstract

The sale of antibiotics without a prescription; knowledge on safe and rational use of antibiotics is limited; People's habits of self-use and abuse of antibiotics are considered to be the causes leading to this phenomenon. The assessment of the current situation of antibiotic sales at community pharmacies is essential to take measures to reduce antibiotic resistance. Research method: cross-sectional description. The results: knowledge of drug sellers had an average score of 7.89 ± 1.32 points, poor score accounted for 2.0%, average score accounted for 26.7% and good score accounted for 71.3%. The percentage of drug sellers with university or higher degrees with good knowledge of antibiotics is 1.7 times higher than those with intermediate and college degrees. The percentage of professional managers with poor knowledge of antibiotics was 50% higher than that of drug sales staff (95% CI: 0.3 – 1.0; p = 0.06). Conclusion: The knowledge about antibiotics of drug sellers in Ho Chi Minh City is quite good. However, it is necessary to strictly follow the regulations on selling antibiotics at pharmacies to make antibiotic use in the community more reasonable