Open Access‘Esprit de corps’: Towards collaborative integration of pharmacists and nurses into antimicrobial stewardship programmes in South Africa
Author(s) -
Natalie Schellack,
Ronel Pretorius,
Angeliki Messina
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2016.v106i10.11468
Subject(s) - medicine , pharmacist , antimicrobial stewardship , nursing , multidisciplinary approach , stewardship (theology) , multidisciplinary team , health care , resistance (ecology) , antibiotic resistance , pharmacy , microbiology and biotechnology , politics , economic growth , ecology , social science , sociology , political science , law , economics , biology , antibiotics
With the global threat of antimicrobial resistance now more emergent than ever, there should be wider collaboration between members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team. This article proposes possible ways of engagement between the pharmacist, nurse and doctor. The pharmacist and nurse are placed in an ideal position through united efforts (camaraderie) to redirect healthcare towards improved patient outcomes while also reducing antimicrobial resistance.
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