‘Some patients demand for a prescription of an antibiotic’: an assessment of barriers and facilitators to rational antimicrobial use in a private health facility in Uganda

Abstract

A complex interplay of intrinsic and extrinsic factors influences antibiotic prescribing decisions in this hospital. Targeted interventions through continuous education and training for prescribers, providing local prescription guidelines and antibiograms and implementing regulations on over-the-counter antibiotic sales are needed to implement robust antimicrobial stewardship programmes to curb antimicrobial resistance successfully.