High Antimicrobial Stewardship Engagement Among Pharmacists, Their Teams and Pharmacy Students: Evidence from the Antibiotic Guardian Campaign (2014–2025)

Résumé fourni par la source

Introduction: The Antibiotic Guardian (AG) campaign uses pledges to raise awareness and promote antimicrobial stewardship behaviours among healthcare professionals (HCPs) and the public. This study aimed to assess trends in AG pledges, focusing on pharmacy professionals (pharmacists, pharmacy technicians), their teams and phar-macy students. Method: Pledges made by pharmacy professionals, their teams and pharmacy students via the main pledge page from August 2014 – December 2025 were analysed. Results: Pharmacy professionals and pharmacy students were the predominant HCPs and students to make a pledge (64% and 44% of all HCP and student pledges respec-tively). Among pharmacy team pledges pharmacy assistants (44%, 45,656/104,644) and community pharmacists (29%, 29,910/104,644) accounted for the highest number of pledges. The most frequently chosen pharmacy team pledge related to informing patients on how to take their antibiotic prescription appropriately and how to safely dispose of leftover antibiotics (51%, 48,479/94,430), with pharmacy assistants the predominant group to select this pledge (51%, 24,534/48,479). The pledges selected by students dif-fered from pharmacy professionals, reflecting their different abilities, responsibilities and opportunities. Conclusion: AG campaign engagement has increased over the years, particularly among community pharmacy workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and following the introduction of the national Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS).

Ce résumé expose les affirmations des auteurs. BNTIC ne l’interprète pas comme une validation indépendante des résultats.