The role of hospital antimicrobial and infectious diseases pharmacists in the UK: a theoretically underpinned exploration

摘要: Objectives We sought to characterise the role of hospital infection pharmacists in the UK and to understand the core challenges being faced, future role development desires and the required support to address these. Methods We developed a questionnaire underpinned by the theoretical domains framework exploring the barriers and enablers to pharmacists fulfilling their perceived roles and responsibilities. Any pharmacist whose role included ‘specialist antimicrobial’ or ‘infectious diseases’ was invited to complete a questionnaire sent via national infection and pharmacy groups/networks. Descriptive statistics were used to report responses to each item, and a content analysis was undertaken to summarize the key messages from an extended response option. Results Of the 102 respondents, 91 (89.2%) were from English hospitals. Fifty-three (52%) were …