Table 2.
Quality indicators for antibiotic use in Ghana hospitals compared with Africa data from Global PPS.
| Quality Indicator | Ghana Police Hospital % (n = 59) |
Keta Municipal Hospital % (n = 101) |
Africa Global PPS in 70 Hospitals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical | Surgical | Medical | Surgical | Medical | Surgical | |
| Indication for antibiotic use recorded | 100 | 85 | 88 | 84.5 | 60.8 | 57.6 |
| (41) | (17) | (66) | (11) | (1839) | (1230) | |
| Guidelines missing | 46.3 | 70 | 1.3 | 46.2 | 24.1 | 43.9 |
| (19) | (14) | (1) | (6) | (729) | (938) | |
| Guideline compliant | 62.5 | 66.7 | 55.4 | 50 | 55.9 | 61.2 |
| (10) | (4) | (31) | (2) | (670) | (370) | |
| Stop/review date in notes | 92.7 | 95 | 98.7 | 100 | 29.1 | 32.4 |
| (38) | (19) | (74) | (13) | (880) | (693) | |