Department of Economics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board, Birmingham, UK.
Int J Pharm Pract. 2023 Dec 19;31(6):650-652. doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riad040.
Antimicrobial resistance is a recognised threat to human health and may be driven by the unsafe disposal of antibiotics via domestic waste streams, contaminating the environment. A community pharmacy based antibiotic amnesty could address this.
We evaluated the impact of an antibiotic amnesty promoting the return of unused antibiotics to community pharmacies in the Midlands region of England during World Antibiotic Awareness Week in November 2021.
Two hundred and thirty nine pharmacies participated voluntarily and held amnesty conversations with 7399 people, 369 part used and 126 full packs of antibiotics were returned.
This is an important public health initiative that could be replicated more widely.
抗生素耐药性是对人类健康的公认威胁，可能是由于家庭废水流中不安全地处理抗生素，从而污染环境所导致的。社区药房的抗生素特赦计划可能会解决这个问题。
我们评估了在 2021 年 11 月世界抗生素意识周期间，在英格兰中部地区的社区药房开展抗生素特赦计划，鼓励人们将未使用的抗生素归还社区药房，以减少抗生素耐药性的影响。
239 家药房自愿参与，并与 7399 人进行了特赦对话，共归还了 369 个部分使用的和 126 个完整包装的抗生素。
这是一项重要的公共卫生倡议，可以在更广泛的范围内复制。
