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Amitriptyline prescribing in public sector healthcare facilities in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2020)
Inappropriate medication use is a major patient safety concern, especially for the elderly population. Amitriptyline is widely used in primary care in South Africa and a cross-sectional study found that amitriptyline was ...
Service learning in pharmacy: Implementation of tuberculosisscreening by second-year pharmacy studentsin primary health care facilitiesin Cape Town, South Africa
(FIP, 2021)
The School of Pharmacy of the University of the Western Cape
implemented a service learning programme where second year students participated in
tuberculosis (TB) screening.To determine the views of students and nurses
about ...
Establishing a pharmacist–prescriber partnership in publicly funded primary healthcare clinics to optimisantibiotic prescribing in the Western Cape: An exploratory study
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
Promoting evidence-based antibiotic prescribing through successful antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes is critical to preserving the effectiveness of antibiotics for common infections in primary care. This requires ...
Pharmacists’ approach to optimise safe medication use in paediatric patients
(MPDI, 2021)
Paediatric patients are unique, yet challenging patients to care for by pharmacists. Paediatric medicine use requires special consideration. Pharmacists play an important role in educating and counselling patients, carers, ...
Establishing a pharmacist–prescriber partnership in publicly funded primary healthcare clinics to optimise antibiotic prescribing in the Western Cape: An exploratory study
(AOSIS, 2020)
Promoting evidence-based antibiotic prescribing through successful antimicrobial
stewardship (AMS) programmes is critical to preserving the effectiveness of antibiotics for
common infections in primary care. This requires ...
Treating urinary tract infections in public sector primary healthcare facilities in Cape Town, South Africa: A pharmaceutical perspective
(South African Medical Association, 2022)
Antibiotic resistance is a global healthcare burden complicating the management of infections. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are commonly treated in primary care. Managing UTIs appropriately in primary care can combat ...