Antibiotic Application in Internal Medicine Department Inpatients:Analysis of Rationality and Frequency / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To analyze antibiotic usage of inpatients in an internal medicine department,probe into the features of antibiotic usage and provide rference for the rational clinical drug-use.METHODS We selected randomly 3102 samples from inpatients in our Internal Medicine Department during the period from Jan to Jun,2007,and analyzed the situation of the antibiotic application.RESULTS The percentage of antibiotic application was 66.18% among 3102 patients,totally 28 kinds from 10 species of antibiotics were used.Cephalosporins and quinolones were mostly applied,and more often they were used in combination.CONCLUSIONS Medication frequency of cephalosporins and quinolones ranks the first in the DDDs,and remains as the primary choice of anti-infectives used.