Publications by authors named "Wanmeng Zhang"
There is scarce evidence to demonstrate the pattern of antibiotic use in children in China. We aimed to describe antibiotic prescribing practices among children in primary healthcare institutions (PHIs) in China. We described outpatient antibiotic prescriptions for children in PHIs from January 2017 to December 2019 at both the national and diagnostic levels, utilizing the antibiotic prescribing rate (APR), multi-antibiotic prescribing rate (MAPR), and broad-spectrum prescribing rate (BAPR).
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- Antimicrobial resistance is a growing global problem exacerbated by improper use of antibiotics, and delaying prescriptions (DAP) could help counteract this issue, though it's not widely used in developing countries like China.
- Qualitative interviews with 30 participants (including physicians, pharmacists, and patients) in Xinjiang identified key barriers and facilitators to implementing DAP, highlighting related behavioral and policy challenges.
- The study suggests that improving education, training, resource distribution, and policy guidelines is essential for promoting DAP in rural healthcare, potentially mitigating the threat of antimicrobial resistance.
Objectives: To decelerate antibiotic resistance driven by inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, a prescription review and feedback (PRF) policy is implemented in primary healthcare institutions (PHIs) in Beijing, China. However, evaluation of PRF implementation in PHIs is scarce. This study aims to systematically identify the barriers and facilitators of PRF policy implementation to provide evidence for antimicrobial stewardship.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInpatient antibacterial use trends and patterns, China, 2013-2021.
Bull World Health Organ
April 2023
Objective: To analyse trends and patterns in inpatient antibacterial use in China's tertiary and secondary hospitals between 2013 and 2021.
Methods: The analysis involved quarterly data from hospitals covered by China's Center for Antibacterial Surveillance. We obtained information on hospital characteristics (e.
Background: Bai-Hu-Tang (BHT), a Chinese herbal decoction used as an antipyretic agent, results from the combination of Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge, Glycyrrhizae, Japonica rice, and Gypsum. In our previous study, we identified nanoaggregates in BHT. However, the present study aimed to analyze and elucidate the mechanism of nanoaggregate formation and to investigate its antipyretic effect.
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