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Original Article

Improving the quality of antibiotic prescribing through an educational intervention delivered through the out-of-hours general practice service in Ireland

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Pages 119-125 | Received 11 Nov 2019, Accepted 09 Jun 2020, Published online: 06 Aug 2020

Figures & data

Table 1. Green (preferred) and red (to be avoided) antibiotics in primary care.

Figure 1. Patient education leaflet based on the ‘undertheweather’ campaign.

Figure 1. Patient education leaflet based on the ‘undertheweather’ campaign.

Table 2. Prescription of green/red/co-amoxyclav prescribing before and after the intervention and p-value of comparison before/after (Chi square).

Figure 2. Overview of the mean percentage red and green prescribing in the corresponding weeks before (top panel) and after (bottom panel) the intervention. For the purpose of this figure, the total number of red and green prescriptions was equalled to 100%.

Figure 2. Overview of the mean percentage red and green prescribing in the corresponding weeks before (top panel) and after (bottom panel) the intervention. For the purpose of this figure, the total number of red and green prescriptions was equalled to 100%.

Figure 3. Overview of the pre- and post-intervention co-amoxyclav prescribing as percentage of the total amount of antimicrobials prescribed.

Figure 3. Overview of the pre- and post-intervention co-amoxyclav prescribing as percentage of the total amount of antimicrobials prescribed.

Table 3. Detail of the antibiotic prescriptions before and after the intervention according to the green/red categorisation.