• Department of Pharmacy, Beijing Hospital/National Center of Gerontology/Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing 100730, P.R.China;
YANG Liping, Email: yanglp_2000@hotmail.com
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Objective To evaluate the rationality of antibiotics use by analyzing the prescription reviewing results.Methods The review data of antibiotic prescriptions in Beijing Hospital was randomly selected from 2016 to 2019, from which unreasonable prescriptions and the antimicrobial agents were analyzed, and the use of antibiotics and unreasonable prescriptions annually were compared.Results The evaluation of rational use of antibiotics involved 79 701 outpatient prescriptions from 2016 to 2019. There were 10 drugs in the top five irrational rates of outpatient antibiotics, primarily cephalosporin and quinolones, accounting for 50% and 30%, respectively. The primarily unreasonable problems were over prescription (common in gastroenterology and dermatology), unsuitable indications (common in otolaryngology), inappropriate usage and dosage (common in urology, dermatology and gastroenterology), and failure to write clinical diagnosis or incomplete clinical diagnosis (common in obstetrics and gynecology and general surgery). During the four years, the proportion of antibiotics prescriptions and the irrational rate decreased annually.Conclusions The use of antibiotics in outpatient department of Beijing Hospital has achieved initial results, however, there are still some problems. We should further strengthen the management of antibiotics usage, strengthen training and learning, and increase medical cooperation to promote rational drug use in clinic.

Citation: WANG Zhihong, CHEN Di, MU Lin, YANG Zixian, YANG Liping. Irrational prescriptions of antibiotics in Beijing Hospital from 2016 to 2019. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2021, 21(3): 266-270. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202008139 Copy

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