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Antibiotic prescribing in UK out-of-hours primary care services: a realist-informed scoping review of training and guidelines for healthcare professionals

Paula Gomes Alves, Gail Hayward, Geraldine Leydon, Rebecca Barnes, Catherine Woods, Joseph Webb, Matthew Booker, Helen Ireton, Sue Latter, Paul Little, Michael Moore, Clare-Louise Nicholls and Fiona Stevenson
BJGP Open 2021; 5 (3): BJGPO.2020.0167. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2020.0167
Paula Gomes Alves
1 University of Greenwich, London, UK
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2 University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Geraldine Leydon
3 University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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4 University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Matthew Booker
4 University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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Helen Ireton
5 Registered Nurse, Solent NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK
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3 University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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Michael Moore
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vol. 5 no. 3 BJGPO.2020.0167
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2020.0167
PubMed 
33757961

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  • Received November 3, 2020
  • Accepted December 17, 2020
  • Published online June 30, 2021.

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  1. Paula Gomes Alves1,
  2. Gail Hayward2,
  3. Geraldine Leydon3,
  4. Rebecca Barnes4,
  5. Catherine Woods3,
  6. Joseph Webb4,
  7. Matthew Booker4,
  8. Helen Ireton5,
  9. Sue Latter3,
  10. Paul Little3,
  11. Michael Moore3,
  12. Clare-Louise Nicholls6 and
  13. Fiona Stevenson7,*
  1. 1 University of Greenwich, London, UK
  2. 2 University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  3. 3 University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  4. 4 University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
  5. 5 Registered Nurse, Solent NHS Trust, Portsmouth, UK
  6. 6 Registered Nurse, BrisDoc Heathcare Services, Bristol, UK
  7. 7 University College London, London, UK
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Fiona Stevenson, f.stevenson{at}ucl.ac.uk
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Antibiotic prescribing in UK out-of-hours primary care services: a realist-informed scoping review of training and guidelines for healthcare professionals
Paula Gomes Alves, Gail Hayward, Geraldine Leydon, Rebecca Barnes, Catherine Woods, Joseph Webb, Matthew Booker, Helen Ireton, Sue Latter, Paul Little, Michael Moore, Clare-Louise Nicholls, Fiona Stevenson
BJGP Open 2021; 5 (3): BJGPO.2020.0167. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2020.0167
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  • community care
  • anti-bacterial agents
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  • drug resistance, bacterial

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