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Abstract

Background: Emergence of antimicrobial resistance in pathogens has become a matter of great public health concern. Several ophthalmic infections are treated effectively by usage of appropriate antimicrobial drug. So that rational prescribing of drugs will improve efficacy and slow resistance development.


Objectives: To analyze the prescription pattern based on WHO indicators in patients admitted in ophthalmology department.


Materials and methods: An observational, prospective study conducted in patients admitted in ophthalmology department for a period of 18 months. A total of 600 prescriptions were analyzed by collecting data according to WHO indicators. The data was analyzed by using Descriptive statistics.


Results: Out of 600 prescriptions, a total of 1960 drugs were prescribed in patients among which three drugs per prescription were maximum. Average number of drugs per prescription was 3.2 in patients. Maximum drugs prescribed were in the form of eye drops (54%). The commonly prescribed drugs were antimicrobials, of which antibacterial were common which accounts for 35.25% and common aminoglycoside prescribed was tobramycin (69%) followed by gentamicin (31%). Percentage of drugs prescribed by generic name was 11% and percentage of drugs prescribed from National List of Essential Medicine (2016) was 71.27%.


Conclusion: Treatment of ocular infections commonly bytopical antimicrobial agents. WHO core prescribing indicators of drugs used to evaluate the number of drugs prescribed by generic names as well as NLEM showed lower results in our study. The implementation and establishment of suitable clinical strategies helps rational drug use and strengthening of hospital drug supply, so that apt drugs in appropriate formulations are accessible in acceptable quantities to meet the needs of the patients.

Keywords

Antimicrobial agents (AMAs) Generic names Ophthalmology Prescribing pattern WHO

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Divya K, Jayanthi C R, & Nagaraju G. (2021). Prescribing pattern of antimicrobial agents In-patient admitted in ophthalmology at a tertiary care hospital. International Journal of Research in Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics, 10(2), 141-148. https://doi.org/10.61096/ijrpp.v10.iss2.2021.141-148

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