Improving access to primary care: can online communities contribute?

Journal article

While locuming on Saturdays I have often supplied chloramphenicol eye drops to parents because of nursery policies that allow infants to attend nursery if they are being 'treated'. 1 I do this knowing that the underlying cause of the infection is likely to be viral, which I feel uneasy about as it goes against my pledge to good antibiotic stewardship.

Authors: De Simoni, A; Griffiths, CJ; Taylor, SJ

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Royal College of General Practitioners
• Journal: British Journal of General Practice
• Volume: 66
• Issue: 652
• Pages: 559.2-559
• Publication date: 2016-10-27
• DOI: 10.3399/bjgp16x687721
• EISSN: 1478-5242
• ISSN: 0960-1643
• Language: English
• Keywords: Computer science; Primary health care; Data science; Environmental health; World Wide Web; Family medicine; Medicine; Primary care