Disponibilidad de antimicrobianos en las farmacias de los hospitales del Ministerio de salud pública, Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social y lugares de expendio privado en la provincia de Morona Santiago, noviembre 2009 – mayo 2010

Abstract

Objective .- To determine the availability of antibiotics in health services in the public and private pharmacies in the province of Morona Santiago, during the period November 2009 - May 2010 Materials and Methods .- Universe 134 establishments OF the Ministry of Public Health, Social Security Institute and the private sector in the province of Morona Santiago. The universe corresponds to the simple, for data collection a form was used in which are socio-demographic variables, a list of 30 antibiotics obtained from the national list of essential medicines in Ecuador, and qualitative variables: demand and economic reason. The information was tabulated in SPSS15.00 trial version. Results: Metronidazole susp (91%) is the antibiotic most widely available in the province of Morona Santiago. followed by amoxicillin susp (89.6%), benzathine benzylpenicillin (83.6%), cotrimoxazole (81.3%), ampicillin and metronidazole susp (79.1%). Antibiotics were not available were: cefepime and imipenem + cilastatin with 0%.-Conclusions: The main impediment to equip themselves with antibiotics at the level of MSP is poor planning at the level of areas. At the level of rural social security clinics, the main reason which prevents supplied with antibiotics is poor planning from the institution (IESS).