An Evaluation of Antibiotic Prescribing Practices in a Rural Refugee Settlement District in Uganda.

ABSTRACT: Ensuring access to effective antibiotics and rational prescribing of antibiotics are critical in reducing antibiotic resistance. In this study, we evaluated antibiotic prescribing practices in a rural district in Uganda. It was a cross-sectional study that involved a retrospective review of 500 outpatient prescriptions from five health facilities. The prescriptions were systematically sampled. World Health Organization core medicine use prescribing and facility indicators were used. Percentage of encounters with one or more antibiotics prescribed was 23% (10,402/45,160). The mean number of antibiotics per prescription was 1.3 (669/500). About 27% (133/500) of the diagnoses and 42% (155/367) of the prescriptions were noncompliant with the national treatment guidelines. Prescribing antibioti

SUBMITTER: Bonniface M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7915286 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature