Investigation of antimicrobial use at a tertiary care hospital in Southern Punjab, Pakistan using WHO methodology.

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Investigation of antimicrobial use at a tertiary care hospital in Southern Punjab, Pakistan using WHO methodology.

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BackgroundGlobally, between 20 to 50% of antimicrobial consumption is inappropriate, causing significant impact on the quality of care, cost of therapy and incidence of adverse drug reactions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the prescribing patterns and utilization of antimicrobials in ten selected wards at Bahawal Victoria Hospital (BVH), Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.MethodsA descriptive cross-sectional study was designed using the World Health Organization (WHO) indicators for ...

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2017-01

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Atif, Muhammad / Azeem, Muhammad / Saqib, Anum / Scahill, Shane

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/65290

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Antimicrobial resistance / Antimicrobial use indicators / Antimicrobial utilization / Irrational prescribing / Rational / WHO / 4203 Health Services and Systems / 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences / 42 Health Sciences / Clinical Research / Patient Safety / Health Services / 8 Health and social care services research / 8.1 Organisation and delivery of services / Infection / 3 Good Health and Well Being / 0605 Microbiology / 1103 Clinical Sciences / 1108 Medical Microbiology / 3202 Clinical sciences / 4206 Public health

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