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Impact of point-of-care C-reactive protein testing intervention on non-prescription dispensing of antibiotics for respiratory tract infections in private community pharmacies in Nigeria: a cluster randomized controlled trial

OBJECTIVES: To ascertain if access to C-reactive protein (CRP) test kits—and staff training on how to use them in respiratory tract infection (RTI) management—in private community pharmacies (PCPs) can reduce non-prescription antibiotic dispensing for RTI. METHODS: A parallel cluster randomized cont...

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Autores principales: Onwunduba, Augustine, Ekwunife, Obinna, Onyilogwu, Ebuka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9876806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36509332
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.12.006