Analysis of antibiotics utilization in patients of acute upper respiratory infection in a outpatient department

VernacularTitle:急性上呼吸道感染患者使用抗生素情况分析
Author: Ye PING
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Acute upper respiratory infection; Antibiotics; Irrational drug-use
From: Clinical Medicine of China 2011;27(10):1039-1040
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To understand the utilization of antibiotics for acute upper respiratory infection through retrospectively analyzing the prescription in the outpatient department in a whole year,therefore to improve the rational drug using in primary healthy institutions.Methods Prescriptions from the outpatient department,Jan.2010 to Dec.2010 were managed in Excel software and the utilization was analyzed.Results In a total of 6101 prescriptions,2462(40.35％ ) were for upper respiratory infection.Of the 2462 prescriptions,1962(79.69％ )used antibiotics.The amount of prescriptions and the rate of antibiotics used were significantly higher than those for other infection diseases.Conclusion The investigation shows antibiotics abuse in primary healthy institution has become a severe problem.While the stuff in primary healthy institution are trained for some specific aims,the promotion should be spread to let doctors and patients know the danger of antibiotics abuse.