A study on drug utilization evaluation of antibiotics in tertiary care hospital

@inproceedings{Pushpalatha2020ASO,
  title={A study on drug utilization evaluation of antibiotics in tertiary care hospital},
  author={Sesham Pushpalatha and Dheeravath Swapna and Antarvedi Moshe and Nagam Venkata Sai Jyothirmai and Tatipamula Vasundhara and D Curie},
  year={2020}
}
Studies like Drug utilization evaluation have an essential role in inding a prescription pattern of drugs prescribed in hospital for the rational use of antibiotics. An observational study conducted in a tertiary care hospital for six months among 200 patients. The study was conducted to assess prescribing pattern, the average cost of antibiotics prescribed. Also, the ten most commonly prescribed antibiotic’s DDD/ 100beddays and ATC were calculated. Most commonly prescribed antibiotic was… 
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