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Out-Patient Antimicrobial Prescribing Practices Using WHO Prescribing Indicators
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, VINEELA CHADALAVADA , MANOHAR BABU S, BALAMURUGAN K
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Background: Irrational prescribing of antibiotics exponentially rose in the clinical and community settings which are driving towards occurring antimicrobial resistance (AMR). To promote rational use, assessment of drug prescription patterns is a necessary step. The present study aims to study outpatient prescribing practices with an emphasis on antimicrobial use.
Methodology: A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted for one year at a hospital pharmacy store. World Health Organization/International Network of Rational Use of Drugs prescribing indicators were utilized to measure rational use of drugs with due focus on antibiotics prescribing patterns. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.
Results:
A total of 2054 drugs were prescribed from 600 patient encounters. The average number of drugs per encounter was 3.4. The percentage of encounters in which antibiotics and injections were prescribed was 48.8% and 15.2%respectively. Ceftriaxone (25.3%) followed by Amoxiclav (18.5%) and Azithromycin (10.27%) were the most commonly prescribed antibiotics. The percentage of drugs prescribed from essential drugs list and by generic name was 94% and 70.3% respectively.
Conclusion: Antimicrobial prescribing showed a deviation from World Health Organisation standards, and recommends the need for improvement to avoid future complications.
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Outpatients, Prescribing patterns, Antimicrobial use, World health organization, irrational drug use.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2021.13.01.481
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