To study the antibiotic prescribing pattern in outpatient general medicine and pediatric departments in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Prospective observational study conducted at outpatient departments of general medicine and pediatrics in Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Kadapa for the period of 6 months. The study was approved by the Institutional Ethical Committee, RIMS, Kadapa. The necessary information i.e. number of antibiotics and their name, dose, route, duration of administration, diagnosis, laboratory data and other information was collected from the prescriptions in outpatient department. Out of 450 prescriptions, 244 (54.21%) were male and 206 (45.77%) were female. Out of 450 patients, majority 238 (53%) were found in adult medicine department and 212 (47%) were found in pediatrics department. Out of 450 antibiotic prescriptions 453 antibiotics were prescribed in different disease conditions on an average 1.006 (Ã?±0.21) per prescription. Out of 450 antibiotic prescriptions majority was mono therapy 447 (93.33%) and double therapy was 3 (0.66%). Majority (67.7%) of the prescriptions were given for 5 day duration followed by 7 day duration (16.8%). 4% of prescriptions were given for duration of 3 days. Only one prescription was found in 2, 10 and 15 day duration. We observed the frequent usage of Ã?Ÿ ââ?¬â??lactamase antibiotics than others. We conclude that there is no proper medication order monitoring and auditing program in place to control/minimize the prescribing errors and this should be addressed immediately.
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