Observación e intervención educativa para modificar la prescripción de antibióticos en un instituto social de la ciudad de Corrientes, Argentina

Objective: Analyze the antibiotic prescriptions by dentists and improve their prescription through an educational intervention. Method: This study was carried out with an educational intervention, in a Social Services Institute analyzing prescriptions for antibiotics pre- and post-intervention. The study included three stages, the first to identify prescription problems to were presented to professionals during the educational intervention, which included of two face-to-face interviews, with discussion and debate workshops. In the last stage, the impact of the educational intervention was analyzed. Results: Stage A: 417 prescriptions with 202 antibiotic prescriptions were observed, the most indicated were azithromycin (31%); amoxicillin with clavulanic (10%) and amoxicillin (8%). The adequacy of prescription concerning the indication was 26%; stage B corresponded to the educational intervention, through discussion and analysis of the situation. In step C of 191 recipes, 107 prescriptions with antibiotic prescription were analyzed, it was observed that the most prescribed was amoxicillin (37%) and the azithromycin prescription decreased to 14%. The adequacy was 46%, evidencing an improvement of 20%, validated through the chi2 test (p = 0.00). Conclusion: It was observed that through an educational intervention for prescribing professionals, antibiotic prescriptions could be improved, however, it is unknown if the change in prescriptive behavior is maintained over time. The study included three stages, the first to identify prescription problems to were presented to professionals during the educational intervention, which included face-to-face educational procedures. In the last stage, the impact of the educational intervention was analyzed. Results: Stage A: 417 prescriptions with 202 antibiotic prescriptions were observed, the most indicated were azithromycin (31%); amoxicillin with clavulanic (10%) and amoxicillin (8%). The adequacy of prescription concerning the indication was 26%; stage B corresponded to the educational intervention, through discussion and analysis of the situation. In step C, 107 prescriptions with antibiotic prescription were analyzed, it was observed that the most prescribed was amoxicillin (37%) and the azithromycin prescription decreased to 14%. The adequacy was 46%, evidencing an improvement of 20%, validated through the chi2 test (p = 0.00). In conclusion, it was observed that through an educational intervention for prescribing professionals, antibiotic prescriptions could be improved, however, it is unknown if the change in prescriptive behavior is maintained over time.