To obtain information about prescribing pattern of antibiotics: a prospective hospital based observational study

Abstract

Objective: To obtain information about prescribing pattern of antibiotics in the tertiary care teaching hospital.

Methods: The present prospective hospital based observational study was conducted among patients admitted to inpatient department of General Surgery, Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital, Muzaffarpur, India from April 2019 to October 2019. Patients above 18 years of either sex were included in the study.

Results: A total of 138 prescriptions were studied. Mean age of the study population was 38.16 years. Mean number of medicines prescribed per prescription was 4.69 and mean number of antibiotics per prescription was 2.18.

Conclusion: Cephalosporin was the preferred or most prescribed choice of drug for prophylaxis followed by penicillin’s. Our study brings to the fore some common but serious lapses in antibiotic prescription patterns and emphasizes the need for proper and appropriate use of antibiotics.