Drug utilization evaluation of antibiotics in district hospital Rudraprayag

  • Kanishk Kala Chandigarh College of Pharmacy Landran, Mohali. Punjab, India-140307
  • Rupinder Kaur Sodhi Chandigarh College of Pharmacy Landran, Mohali. Punjab, India-140307
  • Upendra Kumar Jain Chandigarh College of Pharmacy Landran, Mohali. Punjab, India-140307
DOI https://doi.org/10.22270/jddt.v8i6.2022

Abstract

Drug utilization is very important for antibiotics as they are widely used in hospitals and their in appropriate use may lead to resistance. To check this irrational use of antibiotics and promote rational use the present retrospective study was conducted to access drug utilization evaluation of antibiotics in in patient department of District Hospital Rudraprayag for a period of three months. Overall 126 patients records were encountered in the study in which male female ratio .was 1 2. Prominent age range was 21-40. Overall 1064 drugs were prescribed average number of drug per prescription was 8.44. Percentage of drug by generic name was 33. Percentage of antibiotic prescribed was 82.74. Percentage of drugs with EDL was 66.16. Study results revealed poly-pharmacy, brand prescribing as common trends. Study showed need to promote prescribers to follow generic prescribing and use injectable and antibiotics rationally to prevent development of resistance in hospital and community.


Keywords: Antibiotic resistance, Drug utilization, Antibiotics

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Kanishk Kala, Chandigarh College of Pharmacy Landran, Mohali. Punjab, India-140307

Chandigarh College of Pharmacy Landran, Mohali. Punjab, India-140307

Rupinder Kaur Sodhi, Chandigarh College of Pharmacy Landran, Mohali. Punjab, India-140307

Chandigarh College of Pharmacy Landran, Mohali. Punjab, India-140307

Upendra Kumar Jain, Chandigarh College of Pharmacy Landran, Mohali. Punjab, India-140307

Chandigarh College of Pharmacy Landran, Mohali. Punjab, India-140307

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Kala, K., Sodhi, R. K., & Jain, U. K. (2018). Drug utilization evaluation of antibiotics in district hospital Rudraprayag. Journal of Drug Delivery and Therapeutics, 8(6), 87-90. https://doi.org/10.22270/jddt.v8i6.2022
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Vol 8 No 6 (2018): VOLUME 8, ISSUE 6 Nov-Dec 2018
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