Data-Driven Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) in Community Pharmacy

Community pharmacies play a pivotal role in outpatient antibiotic use; however, antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in this setting remains fragmented and less developed than in hospital environments. Data-driven approaches are increasingly emerging as a means to strengthen AMS in community pharmacies. The growing use of dispensing data, prescribing records, point-of-care testing results, and patient-level information is beginning to inform how pharmacists triage patients, audit antimicrobial use, and optimise therapy. Chair: Luna ElBizri, Founder and manager of Lunapharm Pharmacy, Lebanon Panellists: Federico Zerbinato, Pharmacist, Robert Gordon University, UK Usman Abubakar, Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, Qatar University, Qatar Abdullah Al Masud, Post Doctoral Research Associate, University of New South Wales, Australia