Antimicrobial Use Among Outpatients at Benjamin Mkapa Hospital in Dodoma Central Zone of Tanzania: A Prospective Descriptive Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Irrational antimicrobial use (AMU) has led to an exponential increase in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in hospitals and communities, which creates challenges in treating infectious diseases caused by bacteria. This study aimed to evaluate antimicrobial prescriptions and usage patterns for treating bacterial infections among outpatients at Benjamin Mkapa Hospital (BMH).

Materials and methods

A prospective descriptive study design was used to evaluate the AMU trend. The data were collected from August 2022 to October 2022 from outpatient pharmacies at BMH using the World Health Organization/International Network of Rational Use of Drugs (WHO/INRUD) indicators. The simple random sampling method was employed to select the prescriptions. The WHO AWaRe (Access, Watch, a

SUBMITTER: Zimbwe KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11465431 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature