Uso de antibacterianos en el área de clínica del Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to describe the prescribing patterns and use of antibacterial drugs in the Clinic Area of José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital during the period August 07 - November 07 - 2012, in order to compare with the Infectious Diseases Guide 2011-2012 of PAHO-WHO and propose the implementation of Pharmacotherapy follow-up of antibacterial drugs. An observational longitudinal prospective study was carried out in the Clinic Area of the hospital. The daily review of patient history forms was done (994) in order to find those with antibacterial drug prescriptions (325). After that, a complete descriptive statistical analysis was performed. Different therapeutic protocols were found and compared with those of the pattern guide. 32, 7% of the total patient history forms had an antibacterial drug in their prescriptions. Prevalent infectious diseases were: pneumonia, urinary tract infection and soft tissue infections. In relation to the type of antibacterial drug used, there was 31% of coincidence between the prescriptions in the hospital and those of the pattern guide; 57% of the daily prescribed dose was the same as the pattern guide, 35% was inferior and 8% was superior to it. Ceftriaxone, ampicillin/sulbactam and ciprofloxacin were the most frequent antibiotics used or prescribed. In conclusion, different and many therapeutic protocols were used in this study to treat infection diseases. It was suggested that the hospital normalize therapeutic protocols for infection diseases and also it was proposed Pharmacotherapy follow-up of antibacterial drugs.