Table 5.

Understanding of antibiotic use and its consequences for resistance development and the environment

Theme	Understanding of antibiotic use and its consequences for resistance development and the environment
Categories	Perceptions about antibiotics	Use of antibiotics and resistance development	Measures to reduce use of antibiotics	Fate, effect and management pharmaceuticals wastes from the household
Examples of codes	Quick relief of any kind of disease or instant relief Wonder drugs for infections Not to make any diseases serious or powerful medicine Fever injection Kill bacteria and germ Penicillin, Erythromycin Ciprofloxacin, Cefixime Norfloxacin, Ofloxacin	Sharing medicine Improper diagnosis Irrational prescription Untrained prescribers Lack of doctors Non‐functioning of medicine Excessive use of chemicals in food production Change in food habit and climate Fake and low quality medicine Non‐compliance behavior	Hygiene practices Infection control practice Antibiotic use practices Yoga and Pranayam Natural or herbal treatment Sanitation Awareness and education	Unused medicine Chemicals harm environment Impact on water Affect aquatic organisms Dispose properly Policy needed No instruction for proper disposal Awareness needed