Study of the Use of Antibiotics with ATC/DDD System and DU 90% in Digestive Surgery in Hospital in Bandung
Journal Title: Indonesian Journal of Clinical Pharmacy - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Antibiotics are the most widely prescribed medicines in the hospital. Improper use of antibiotics can cause various problems, such as treatment will be more expensive, more toxic side effects, and the emergence of widespread resistance superinfection events that are difficult to treat. The objective of this study was to determine quantity and pattern of antibiotic usage in hospitalized patients at one hospital in Bandung. Sample were taken by simple random sampling method. The quantity of antibiotics usage was assessed by counting the Defined Daily Dose (DDD)/100 patient days and DU 90%. Based on 208 patient medical records, it was found that total antibiotic usage was 17.9 DDD/100 patient days and antibiotics were included in the DU 90% is ceftriaxone (8.77 DDD/100 patient days), metronidazole (4.61 DDD/100 patient days), cefixime (1.09 DDD/100 patient days), cefepime (0.85 DDD/100 patient days), ciprofloxacin (0.73 DDD/100 patient days) and meropenem (0.42 DDD/100 patient days. The results showed that the use of antibiotics in quantity at most is ceftriaxone for 8.77 DDD / 100 days of hospitalization and antibiotics included in segment 90% were ceftriaxone, metronidazole, cefixime, cefepime, ciprofloxacin, and meropenem.
Authors and Affiliations
Febrina Mahmudah, Sri A. Sumiwi, Sri Hartini
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- DOI 10.15416/ijcp.2016.5.4.293
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