An audit of antibiotic prescriptions: an antimicrobial stewardship pre-implementation study at a tertiary care public hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To audit the prescribing of antibiotics at a tertiary-level public hospital, in preparation for the implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship programme.

Methods

A retrospective audit of antibiotic prescriptions for the period April 2020 to June 2020 was conducted to ascertain appropriate antibiotic prescribing based on a set of process measures, which included whether cultures were taken before the initiation of empirical antibiotics, the duration of antibiotic therapy, de-escalation to a narrower spectrum antibiotic, the concurrent use of four or more antibiotics, documented indication for antibiotic use, and parenteral to oral conversion. Statistics were calculated using Stata (Version 17).

Results

A total of 380 patient medical charts were reviewed.

SUBMITTER: Cassim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11806261 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature