Department of Medical Microbiology and Radboudumc Center for Infectious Diseases, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Hanoi, Viet Nam.
Lancet Glob Health. 2023 Aug;11(8):e1308-e1313. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00258-9.
In this Viewpoint, we discuss how the identification of oral antibiotics and their distinction from other commonly used medicines can be challenging for consumers, suppliers, and health-care professionals. There is a large variation in the names that people use to refer to antibiotics and these often relate to their physical appearance, although antibiotics come in many different physical presentations. We also reflect on how the physical appearance of medicine influences health care and public health by affecting communication between patients and health-care professionals, dispensing , medicine use, and the public understanding of health campaigns. Furthermore, we report expert and stakeholder consultations on improving the identification of oral antibiotics and discuss next steps towards a new identification system for antibiotics. We propose to use the physical appearance as a tool to support and nudge awareness about antibiotics and their responsible use.
在本观点文章中，我们讨论了消费者、供应商和医疗保健专业人员识别口服抗生素及其与其他常用药物区分的难度。人们用来指代抗生素的名称差异很大，这些名称通常与抗生素的外观有关，尽管抗生素有许多不同的外观。我们还反思了药物的外观如何通过影响患者和医疗保健专业人员之间的沟通、配药、药物使用以及公众对健康运动的理解，来影响医疗保健和公共卫生。此外，我们报告了关于改善口服抗生素识别的专家和利益相关者咨询情况，并讨论了朝着新的抗生素识别系统迈进的下一步措施。我们建议将外观用作支持和提示人们关注抗生素及其合理使用的工具。
