Drug Utilization and Rationality Assessment of Antibiotics in Inpatients: A Cross-Sectional Analysis from a Teaching Hospital
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Antibiotic stewardship; drug utilization; WHO prescribing indicators; AWaRe; DDD; rationality; tertiary careAbstract
Background: Antibiotic resistance has emerged as one of the gravest threats to global public health, fuelled in substantial part by inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in hospital and community settings. Drug utilization research and rationality assessment are essential pharmacovigilance tools that inform antibiotic stewardship, hospital formulary policy, and clinical practice.
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World Health Organization. Global action plan on antimicrobial resistance. Geneva: WHO; 2015.
Laxminarayan R, Duse A, Wattal C, Zaidi AK, Wertheim HF, Sumpradit N, et al. Antibiotic resistance—the need for global solutions. Lancet Infect Dis. 2013;13(12):1057–98.
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