Shortage Of Drugs Cause Antimicrobial Resistance

This was said by the chief pharmacist at Sbrana Psychiatric Hospital, Mpho Mabuse in an interview on the sidelines of the Global Hands Washing Day commemoration held in Lobatse on Friday.  The Global Hands Washing Day is this year held under the theme, ‘Fight antibiotics resistance - it’s in your hands’.

Mabuse said if the prescribed drugs are out of stock they will be forced to use the secondly prioritised prescriptions, which may cause AMR. She said patients will then be likely to build resistance to medication due to their bodies’ reaction to alternative medications.