Table 1. Checklist chosen for auditing antibiotic usage.

1	Doctors’ opinion and practice on the prescription pattern of antibiotics as mandated by NABH
2	Common antibiotics prescribed in the hospital
3	Clinical conditions with antibiotic misuse
4	The most frequent types of infections & appropriateness of therapy
5	Whether patient’s clinical condition improved to antibiotics prior to culture
6	Misused antibiotics in the hospital
7	Antibiotics used for surgical prophylaxis
8	Surgical antibiotics prophylaxis time
9	Number of days of administering antibiotics for inpatients
10	Common presentations where empirical antibiotic therapy was required
11	Prescriptions with the generic name and the brand names