Analysis of Antibiotic Use in Outpatient & Emergency Patients from Xingtai Third Hospital

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the utilization of antibiotics in outpatient emergency patients in our hospital in order to promote rational use of antibiotics.METHODS: We randomly selected a total of 6 606 outpatient emergency prescriptions from our hospital between September 2010 and September 2011,of which,the antibiotic prescriptions were analyzed with regard to the types and varieties of antibiotics and the rationality of the antibiotic use.RESULTS: The antibiotic prescriptions totaled 1 595 the rate of use of antibiotics was 24.14%(1 595/6 606);29 kinds under 10 types of antibiotics were used,with macrolide showing the highest proportion [32.93%(566/1 719)].The rate of single use of antibiotics was 92.85%(1 484/1 595);and the prescriptions of orally administered antibiotics accounted for 69.66%(1 111/1 595) of all the antibiotic prescriptions.Antibiotics used in pediatrics outpatient were most frequently.151(9.47%) antibiotic prescriptions were irrational.CONCLUSION: The application of antibiotics in the outpatient emergency patients of our hospital was basically rational,but there were still some problems remaining to be tackled.