Audit of antibiotic utilization patterns and practice for common eye infections at the ambulatory clinic of a teaching hospital in Ghana: Findings and implications

Israel Abebrese Sefah; Anthony Martin Quagraine; Amanj Kurdi; Steward Mudenda; Brian Godman

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0313019

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Audit of antibiotic utilization patterns and practice for common eye infections at the ambulatory clinic of a teaching hospital in Ghana: Findings and implications

Israel Abebrese Sefah ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: isefah@uhas.edu.gh

Affiliation Pharmacy Practice Department, School of Pharmacy, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Volta Region, Ho, Ghana

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6963-0519

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Anthony Martin Quagraine,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Pharmacy Practice Department, School of Pharmacy, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Volta Region, Ho, Ghana
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Amanj Kurdi,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations College of Pharmacy, Al-Kitab University, Kirkuk, Iraq, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science (SIPBS), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health Pharmacy and Management, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa, College of Pharmacy, Hawler Medical University, Kurdistan Region, Erbil, Iraq
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Steward Mudenda,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1692-8981

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Brian Godman

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science (SIPBS), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health Pharmacy and Management, School of Pharmacy, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Ga-Rankuwa, South Africa
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Audit of antibiotic utilization patterns and practice for common eye infections at the ambulatory clinic of a teaching hospital in Ghana: Findings and implications

Israel Abebrese Sefah,
Anthony Martin Quagraine,
Amanj Kurdi,
Steward Mudenda,
Brian Godman

Published: October 29, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313019

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