Analysis of Rationality of Antibiotic Use in The Outpatient & Emergency Department of The First Affiliated Hospital of Liuzhou Medical College in 2012

OBJECTIVE:To investigate the antibiotic use in the outpatient and emergency department of our hospital so as to provide references for rational use and management of antibiotics in outpatient and emergency department.METHODS:20 701 outpatient emergency prescriptions in our hospital were randomly sampled during Jan.-Dec.period of 2012 for analysis of the antibiotic prescriptions in accordance with the Guiding Principles for Clinical Use of Antibiotics.RESULTS:In the total 20 701 prescriptions reviewed,4 658(4 658 /20 701) were antibiotic prescriptions,accounting for 22.5%.Of the total 4 658 antibiotic prescriptions,2 409(51.7%) were prescriptions for patients with respiratory infection;4 113(88.30%) were prescriptions of single drug;2 826(60.67%) were prescriptions of oral drugs;the second generation cephalosporins were prescribed most frequently,which totaled 1 110 prescriptions(23.83%);4 206(90.30%) were rational antibiotic prescriptions.CONCLUSION:The mode and route of administration and the choice of antibiotics were standard yet the rate of antibiotic use was on the high side and there were still irrational drug use phenomenon in our hospital.