A study on drug utilization evaluation of antibiotics in tertiary care hospital

Abstract

Studies like Drug utilization evaluation have an essential role in finding a prescription pattern of drugs prescribed in hospital for the rational use of antibiotics. An observational study conducted in a tertiary care hospital for six months among 200 patients. The study was conducted to assess prescribing pattern, the average cost of antibiotics prescribed. Also, the ten most commonly prescribed antibiotic’/ 100bed- days and ATC were calculated. Most commonly prescribed antibiotic was , followed by /. The average cost was Rs. 2742.5±25135.19 for the prescribed antibiotics. Pharmacists and physicians play a significant role in decreasing patient problems and the problems related to antibiotics by creating awareness programs related standard prescribing guidelines in the hospital, which results in a reduction of the antibiotic resistance. it is essential to carry out a drug utilization review to study the rational use of antibiotics.