Use of Antimicrobials in Non-surgical Departments / 中华医院感染学杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE To investigate and analyze the application of antibiotics in non-surgical departments in our hospital.METHODS To make a survey of the use of antimicrobials in non-surgical departments from a total of 548 randomly selected medical records during Jan-Mar 2007,the data of reasonable use of antibacterials were obtained after evaluation and analysis.RESULTS Of the 548 patients in our study,229(41.79%)used antimicrobials.The use of antimicrobials for infection prevention was in 46 cases(20.09%),for infection treatment was in 183 cases(79.91%).From them 95 cases(41.48%)used a combination of two and more antimicrobials.The most widely used antibacterials were penicillins,cephalosporins,and quinolones.CONCLUSIONS The use of antimicrobials is generally reasonable,and meets the safe,effective,and economical goal in our hospital.