Table 3.

WHO/INRUD Prescribing Indicators At EDs

Indicator	Value (SD)	Standard Value
Average number of drugs per encounter (n=45,770)	1.26	1.6–1.8
Percentage of encounters with a prescribed antibiotic (n=6354)	17.6 (0.4)	20.0–26.8%
Percentage of encounters with an injection antibiotics (n=5470)	15.2 (0.4)	13.4–24.1%
Percentage of antibiotic prescribed by generic name (n=4881)	77 (1.1)	100%
Percentage of antibiotic prescribed from the essential lista (n=6354)	100	100%

Note: ^aAccess and Watch classified antibiotics.

Abbreviations: WHO, World Health Organization; INURD, International Network of Rational Use of Drugs.