Evaluation of antibiotic use in a hospital with an antibiotic restriction policy.
Publication/Presentation Date
4-1-2003
Abstract
The study was designed to evaluate rational antibiotic use in relation to diagnosis and bacteriological findings. All hospitalized patients who received antibiotics were evaluated by a cross-sectional study. Of the 713 patients hospitalized, 281 (39.4%) patients received 377 antibiotics. Among 30 different antibiotics the most frequently requested were first generation cephalosporins (19.9%), ampicillin-sulbactam (19.1%) and aminoglycosides (11.7%). Antibiotic use was appropriate in 64.2% of antibiotic requests. In analysis of appropriate use, a request after an infectious diseases consultation was a frequent reason (OR=14, P
Volume
21
Issue
4
First Page
308
Last Page
312
ISSN
0924-8579
Published In/Presented At
Erbay, A., Colpan, A., Bodur, H., Cevik, M. A., Samore, M. H., & Ergönül, O. (2003). Evaluation of antibiotic use in a hospital with an antibiotic restriction policy. International journal of antimicrobial agents, 21(4), 308–312. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0924-8579(02)00392-8
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
12672575
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article