Introduction
Rational use of antimicrobial drug can effectively improve clinical
effects, avoid or reduce adverse drug reactions or adverse drug events,
lower medical costs, and reduce the incidence of bacterial
resistance[1].It is the work task that requires long-term adherence
for medical institutions to continuously strengthen the management of
clinical application of antimicrobial drug, so as to ensure medical
quality and curb bacterial resistance. On April 24, 2012, the order,”Administrative Measures for Clinical Application of Antibiotics”was formerly issued by Ministry of Health , which was implemented
formally on August 1, 2012 [2].
Since 2011, the National Health and Family Planning Commissionhad launched a three-year “Special Rectification Action for
Clinical Application of Antibiotics” on a national scale. Since then,
the management of antimicrobial drug has been normalized, which has
achieved certain effects on decreasing the abuse of antimicrobial drug,
delaying the bacterial resistance, and so on. To better promote the
antimicrobial management, the National Health Commission of the
People’s Republic of China released the notice on continuously
succeeding at work of management of clinical application of
antimicrobial drug in 2020[3], which required to change the
pharmaceutical service model and exert the pharmacist’s leading role in
the management of antimicrobial drug. To let the pharmacists better play
their role in the management of antimicrobial drug, from a pharmacist’s
point of view, this article investigated the knowledge level of rational
use of antimicrobial drug in pharmacists in medical institutions at all
levels in China’s Shanxi province, hoping to provide references for
decision-making of the related departments and for standardized
management of hospitals.