DRUG UTILIZATION STUDY ON ANTIBIOTICS USE IN AN ORTHOPAEDICS DEPARTMENT OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN WEST BENGAL

摘要

Background: antibiotics are the commonly prescribed in the Orthopaedics Department both as prophylactically (before orthopaedics surgery etc) or to treat ongoing infection (like septic arthritis, osteomyelitis 11 etc). But if antibiotics are not use rationally then there will be increase chances of resistance of bacteria as also as increase the total cost of treatment. This study was conducted to see the antibiotics utilization pattern. Aim: This drug utilization study was conducted to evaluate the pattern of antibiotics use in Orthopaedic Unit of a tertiary care, teaching hospital in west Bengal, India. Settings and Design: A cross-sectional, unicentric drug utilization study Results: A total of 410 prescriptions were studied; in which 136 prescriptions contained mono-antibiotic therapy (35.17%) and 274 prescriptions contained poly-antibiotics therapy (66.83%) and the beta-lactum antibiotics were most commonly prescribed (42.3%). Conclusion: Beta-Lactum antibiotics were most commonly prescribed and poly-antibiotics prescriptions were the common pattern. Key words- Drug Utilization Study, antibiotics, unicentric study