DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2018.v06i05.036

Pages: 2050-2057

The purpose of the present study that we had planned was to evaluate the drug utilization pattern of antimicrobials in post-operative wards of surgery Department of tertiary care hospital. The study was carried out retrospectively by analyzing the record of prescription attached with the discharge tickets of the patients who were admitted in post-operative wards of the surgery department of tertiary care hospital, Rajasthan, Ajmer, from July 2014 to December 2014. A total of 630 prescriptions were analyzed. The percentage of male patients (58.57%) was higher than female patients (41.43%). Antimicrobials constituted 28.85% of the total drugs. Cephalosporin group of antimicrobials was the leading antimicrobials prescribed (33.21%). Ceftrixome was the leading antimicrobial prescribed within the group as well as a whole among the antimicrobials prescribed. Aminoglycosides were the next commonest antimicrobials prescribed (27.66%) among which Amikacin was commonly prescribed. Penicillins were the next commonest antimicrobials prescribed (07.89%), among which FDC of amoxicillin + clavulanic Acid and piperacillin + tazobactum was the most frequently prescribed of all.