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. 2021 Apr 21;10(5):470. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10050470

Table 3.

Distribution of the 5 Rs of consumption of colistin and polymyxin B.

Variables Pre-ASP Implementation (n) 2016–2017 (n) 2017–2018 (n) 2018–2019 (n) 2019–2020 (n)
C PB Total C PB Total C PB Total C PB Total C PB Total
738 34 772 315 95 410 358 128 486 317 63 380 389 28 417
Right indication 613 30 643 (83%) 225 57 282 (69%) 349 122 471 (97%) 313 61 374 (98%) 377 28 405 (97%)
Right drug 488 21 509 (66%) 215 55 270 (66%) 334 117 451 (93%) 308 59 367 (96%) 375 27 402 (96%)
Loading dose required 642 34 676 (87%) 292 95 387 (94%) 329 121 450 (92%) 291 60 351 (92%) 299 28 327 (78%)
Right loading dose given 46 0 46 (6%) 135 72 207 (53%) 245 103 348 (77%) 262 51 313 (89%) 282 17 299 (91%)
Right maintenance dose given 164 27 191 (25%) 212 84 296 (72%) 307 120 427 (88%) 287 58 345 (91%) 360 27 387 (93%)
Right frequency 174 29 203 (26%) 256 90 346 (84%) 341 125 466 (96%) 311 63 374 (98%) 382 28 410 (98%)
Right duration 247 14 261 (34%) 242 72 314 (77%) 325 114 439 (90%) 305 59 364 (96%) 378 28 406 (97%)

C = colistin; PB = polymyxin B.