Antimicrobial use and factors influencing prescribing in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia

Abstract: To ascertain the pattern of antimicrobial use and to analyze the selected core drug use indicators – prescribing indicators – a prospective study was conducted in 2008 in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia. Every patient in the medical wards of the selected hospital who...

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Main Authors:	Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Nordin, Mohamad Sahari, Satwi, Sapari, Awang, Mohamed, Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf, Md Aris, Mohd Aznan
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Published:	International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology 2012
Subjects:	RS Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling	iium-279582016-03-10T03:53:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/27958/ Antimicrobial use and factors influencing prescribing in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Satwi, Sapari Awang, Mohamed Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf Md Aris, Mohd Aznan RS Pharmacy and materia medica Abstract: To ascertain the pattern of antimicrobial use and to analyze the selected core drug use indicators – prescribing indicators – a prospective study was conducted in 2008 in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia. Every patient in the medical wards of the selected hospital who was being treated with antimicrobial(s) during the data collection period was considered a potential study subject for this study. The treatment charts of 209 admitted patients were reviewed. Pneumonia was the leading diseases among them (26.3%). The most commonly used antimicrobials were amoxicillin with clavulanate (augmentin), erythromycin, cefuroxime, ceftriaxone and ampicillin sodium with sulbactam sodium (unasyn). The level of generic prescribing of antimicrobials was just above the half of all prescribed courses (54.3%) and the intravenous route was the preferred method of administration (57.3%). The mean number antimicrobials received by the studied patients were 1.8 (± 0.9). The majority of them (53.6%) received two or more antimicrobials for their treatments. The evident of high percentages of patients received antimicrobial treatment in combinations reflected the potential of higher proportion of inappropriate treatment of different diseases and suggested the ample scope for intervention to improve antimicrobial use in the hospital. International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/27958/1/2012____6____Antimicrobial_IJSET_India__corrected_will_be_uploaded.pdf Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin and Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi and Ab Rahman, Jamalludin and Nordin, Mohamad Sahari and Satwi, Sapari and Awang, Mohamed and Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf and Md Aris, Mohd Aznan (2012) Antimicrobial use and factors influencing prescribing in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia. International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology, 1 (4). pp. 274-284. ISSN 2277-663X (P), 2278-3687 (O) http://www.ijset.net/4th/IJSET%205.pdf
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spellingShingle	RS Pharmacy and materia medica Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Satwi, Sapari Awang, Mohamed Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Antimicrobial use and factors influencing prescribing in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia
description	Abstract: To ascertain the pattern of antimicrobial use and to analyze the selected core drug use indicators – prescribing indicators – a prospective study was conducted in 2008 in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia. Every patient in the medical wards of the selected hospital who was being treated with antimicrobial(s) during the data collection period was considered a potential study subject for this study. The treatment charts of 209 admitted patients were reviewed. Pneumonia was the leading diseases among them (26.3%). The most commonly used antimicrobials were amoxicillin with clavulanate (augmentin), erythromycin, cefuroxime, ceftriaxone and ampicillin sodium with sulbactam sodium (unasyn). The level of generic prescribing of antimicrobials was just above the half of all prescribed courses (54.3%) and the intravenous route was the preferred method of administration (57.3%). The mean number antimicrobials received by the studied patients were 1.8 (± 0.9). The majority of them (53.6%) received two or more antimicrobials for their treatments. The evident of high percentages of patients received antimicrobial treatment in combinations reflected the potential of higher proportion of inappropriate treatment of different diseases and suggested the ample scope for intervention to improve antimicrobial use in the hospital.
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author	Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Satwi, Sapari Awang, Mohamed Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf Md Aris, Mohd Aznan
author_facet	Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi Ab Rahman, Jamalludin Nordin, Mohamad Sahari Satwi, Sapari Awang, Mohamed Rathor, Mohammad Yousuf Md Aris, Mohd Aznan
author_sort	Akter, Seikh Farid Uddin
title	Antimicrobial use and factors influencing prescribing in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia
title_short	Antimicrobial use and factors influencing prescribing in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia
title_full	Antimicrobial use and factors influencing prescribing in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Antimicrobial use and factors influencing prescribing in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Antimicrobial use and factors influencing prescribing in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia
title_sort	antimicrobial use and factors influencing prescribing in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in malaysia
publisher	International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/27958/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/27958/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/27958/1/2012____6____Antimicrobial_IJSET_India__corrected_will_be_uploaded.pdf
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Antimicrobial use and factors influencing prescribing in medical wards of a tertiary care hospital in Malaysia

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