Table 1.
Overall antibiotic use prevalence.
| Characteristics N (%) | Total |
|---|---|
| Total beds | 1810 |
| Hospitalized patients | 1024 |
| Number of treated patients | 662 (64.64) |
| Number of prescribed antibiotics | 1191 (1.76/patient) |
| Departments | |
| Surgical ward | 286 (24) |
| Medical ward | 500 (42) |
| Intensive care unit | 67 (5.6) |
| Pediatric medical ward | 331 (27.8) |
| Pediatric intensive care unit | 7 (0.6) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 681 (57.2) |
| Female | 510 (42.8) |
| Route of administration (where recorded) | |
| Oral | 89 (7.5) |
| Parenteral | 1098 (92.2) |
| Indication | |
| Community-acquired infection | 856 (71.9) |
| Hospital-acquired infection | 20 (1.7) |
| Medical prophylaxis | 30 (2.5) |
| Surgical prophylaxis (single dose) | 5 (0.4) |
| Surgical prophylaxis (one day) | 85 (7.1) |
| Surgical prophylaxis (>1 day) | 163 (13.7) |
| Others | 17 (1.4) |
| Treatment | |
| Empirical therapy | 1166 (97.9) |
| Targeted therapy | 25 (2.1) |
| Guideline compliance | |
| Yes | 12 (1.0) |
| No | 662 (55.6) |
| NA | 466 (39.1) |
| NI | 51 (4.3) |
| Stop date documented | 118(9.9) |
| Reason on notes Yes No |
122 (10.2) 1069 (89.8) |
| Culture Reports | 1 |
Empirical therapy: Treatment given without finding out the causative microbe; Targeted therapy: Treatment given after finding the causative microbe; NA: Not assessable because of the absence of any guidelines; NI: No information because of incomplete patient history.