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Knowledge, Awareness and Practice with Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes among Healthcare Providers in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant problem in global health today, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where antimicrobial stewardship programmes are yet to be successfully implemented. We established a partnership between AMR pharmacists from a UK NHS hospital and...

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Autores principales: Kpokiri, Eneyi E., Ladva, Misha, Dodoo, Cornelius C., Orman, Emmanuel, Aku, Thelma Alalbila, Mensah, Adelaide, Jato, Jonathan, Mfoafo, Kwadwo A., Folitse, Isaac, Hutton-Nyameaye, Araba, Okon-Ben, Inemesit, Mensah-Kane, Paapa, Sarkodie, Emmanuel, Awadzi, Benedict, Jani, Yogini H.
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8773036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35052883
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11010006
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author Kpokiri, Eneyi E.
Ladva, Misha
Dodoo, Cornelius C.
Orman, Emmanuel
Aku, Thelma Alalbila
Mensah, Adelaide
Jato, Jonathan
Mfoafo, Kwadwo A.
Folitse, Isaac
Hutton-Nyameaye, Araba
Okon-Ben, Inemesit
Mensah-Kane, Paapa
Sarkodie, Emmanuel
Awadzi, Benedict
Jani, Yogini H.
author_facet Kpokiri, Eneyi E.
Ladva, Misha
Dodoo, Cornelius C.
Orman, Emmanuel
Aku, Thelma Alalbila
Mensah, Adelaide
Jato, Jonathan
Mfoafo, Kwadwo A.
Folitse, Isaac
Hutton-Nyameaye, Araba
Okon-Ben, Inemesit
Mensah-Kane, Paapa
Sarkodie, Emmanuel
Awadzi, Benedict
Jani, Yogini H.
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description Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant problem in global health today, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where antimicrobial stewardship programmes are yet to be successfully implemented. We established a partnership between AMR pharmacists from a UK NHS hospital and in Ho Teaching Hospital with the aim of enhancing antimicrobial stewardship knowledge and practice among healthcare providers through an educational intervention. We employed a mixed-method approach that included an initial survey on knowledge and awareness before and after training, followed by qualitative interviews with healthcare providers conducted six months after delivery of training. This study was carried out in two phases in Ho Teaching Hospital with healthcare professionals, including pharmacists, medical doctors, nurses and medical laboratory scientists. Ethical approval was obtained prior to data collection. In the first phase, we surveyed 50 healthcare providers, including nurses (33%), pharmacists (29%) and biomedical scientists (23%). Of these, 58% of participants had engaged in continuous professional development on AMR/AMS, and above 95% demonstrated good knowledge on the general use of antibiotics. A total of 18 participants, which included four medical doctors, five pharmacists, four nurses, two midwives and three biomedical scientists, were interviewed in the second phase and demonstrated greater awareness of AMS practices, particularly the role of education for patients, as well as healthcare professionals. We found that knowledge and practice with AMS was markedly improved six months after the training session. There is limited practice of AMS in LMICs; however, through AMR-focused training, we demonstrated improved AMS skills and practice among healthcare providers in Ho Teaching Hospital. There is a need for continuous AMR training sessions for healthcare professionals in resource-limited settings.
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spelling pubmed-87730362022-01-21 Knowledge, Awareness and Practice with Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes among Healthcare Providers in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital Kpokiri, Eneyi E. Ladva, Misha Dodoo, Cornelius C. Orman, Emmanuel Aku, Thelma Alalbila Mensah, Adelaide Jato, Jonathan Mfoafo, Kwadwo A. Folitse, Isaac Hutton-Nyameaye, Araba Okon-Ben, Inemesit Mensah-Kane, Paapa Sarkodie, Emmanuel Awadzi, Benedict Jani, Yogini H. Antibiotics (Basel) Article Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a significant problem in global health today, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where antimicrobial stewardship programmes are yet to be successfully implemented. We established a partnership between AMR pharmacists from a UK NHS hospital and in Ho Teaching Hospital with the aim of enhancing antimicrobial stewardship knowledge and practice among healthcare providers through an educational intervention. We employed a mixed-method approach that included an initial survey on knowledge and awareness before and after training, followed by qualitative interviews with healthcare providers conducted six months after delivery of training. This study was carried out in two phases in Ho Teaching Hospital with healthcare professionals, including pharmacists, medical doctors, nurses and medical laboratory scientists. Ethical approval was obtained prior to data collection. In the first phase, we surveyed 50 healthcare providers, including nurses (33%), pharmacists (29%) and biomedical scientists (23%). Of these, 58% of participants had engaged in continuous professional development on AMR/AMS, and above 95% demonstrated good knowledge on the general use of antibiotics. A total of 18 participants, which included four medical doctors, five pharmacists, four nurses, two midwives and three biomedical scientists, were interviewed in the second phase and demonstrated greater awareness of AMS practices, particularly the role of education for patients, as well as healthcare professionals. We found that knowledge and practice with AMS was markedly improved six months after the training session. There is limited practice of AMS in LMICs; however, through AMR-focused training, we demonstrated improved AMS skills and practice among healthcare providers in Ho Teaching Hospital. There is a need for continuous AMR training sessions for healthcare professionals in resource-limited settings. MDPI 2021-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8773036/ /pubmed/35052883 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11010006 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Kpokiri, Eneyi E.
Ladva, Misha
Dodoo, Cornelius C.
Orman, Emmanuel
Aku, Thelma Alalbila
Mensah, Adelaide
Jato, Jonathan
Mfoafo, Kwadwo A.
Folitse, Isaac
Hutton-Nyameaye, Araba
Okon-Ben, Inemesit
Mensah-Kane, Paapa
Sarkodie, Emmanuel
Awadzi, Benedict
Jani, Yogini H.
Knowledge, Awareness and Practice with Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes among Healthcare Providers in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital
title Knowledge, Awareness and Practice with Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes among Healthcare Providers in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital
title_full Knowledge, Awareness and Practice with Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes among Healthcare Providers in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital
title_fullStr Knowledge, Awareness and Practice with Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes among Healthcare Providers in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, Awareness and Practice with Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes among Healthcare Providers in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital
title_short Knowledge, Awareness and Practice with Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes among Healthcare Providers in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital
title_sort knowledge, awareness and practice with antimicrobial stewardship programmes among healthcare providers in a ghanaian tertiary hospital
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8773036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35052883
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11010006
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