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.