Antimicrobial drugs in the home, United Kingdom

Cliodna A.M. McNulty; Paul Boyle; Tom Nichols; Douglas P. Clappison; Peter Davey

doi:10.3201/eid1210.051471

Antimicrobial drugs in the home, United Kingdom

Cliodna A.M. McNulty^*, Paul Boyle, Tom Nichols, Douglas P. Clappison, Peter Davey

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Abstract

A total of 6% of 6,983 households in the United Kingdom had leftover antimicrobial drugs, and 4% had standby antimicrobial drugs. Respondents with leftover drugs were more educated, more knowledgeable about antimicrobial drugs, younger, and female. Of respondents with leftover drugs, 44% kept them in case of future need, and 18% had taken these drugs without medical advice.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1523-1526
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	12
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1210.051471
Publication status	Published - Oct 2006

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Funding: This work is supported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC); FWC No ECDC/2015/016; Specific Contract No 1 ECD.5748. Dr Manish Pareek is supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Dr Manish Pareek, PDF-2015-08-102). Professor Christensen acknowledges the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital and is supported by a core grant from the Oak Foundation (OCAY-13-309). The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the National Institute for Health Research or the Department of Health. Associate Professor Rachael Morton was supported by an Australian NHMRC Sidney Sax Overseas Fellowship #1054216.

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