scholarly journals High Rate of Antimicrobial Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa at a Tertiary-Care Teaching Hospital in Southern Brazil

2004 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 805-808 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Prehn Zavascki ◽  
Ricardo Pedrini Cruz ◽  
Luciano Zubaran Goldani
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Aeruginosa ◽  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital ◽  
Care Teaching

scholarly journals Study of knowledge, attitude and practice amongst medical professionals about antimicrobial stewardship in tertiary care teaching hospital in India: a questionnaire based study

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 511
Author(s):  
Vandana Badar ◽  
Vidisha Vivek Parulekar ◽  
Priti Garate
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Years Of Experience ◽  
Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital ◽  
Care Teaching ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Appropriate selection of antimicrobial drugs is critical to optimize treatment of infections ad limit the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial resistance is a serious global problem of antimicrobial abuse and there is a growing consensus to urgently develop new strategies for prevention of resistance of bacteria to antimicrobial agents. Relatively few studies of knowledge, attitude and practice are published regarding antimicrobial resistance.Methods: To explore the perceptions of knowledge, attitude and practice of antimicrobial agent use and its resistance in medical professionals in a tertiary teaching care hospital in India. This study was a cross-sectional, questionnaire based study conducted in tertiary care teaching hospital in India for a duration of three months and on a sample size of 300. All medical teachers, residents and interns were included in studies. Questionnaire included 8 questions of knowledge, 10 questions of attitude and 8 questions of practice. The parameters on which the data was analysed were, gender-wise distribution of data, Age-wise distribution of data, hierarchy-wise distribution- Residents, Lecturers, Assistant Professors, Associate Professors, Professors, according to years of experience, Departmental survey. Some questions were assessed by Likert scale, whose responses ranged from always to never. Some questions were of yes and no type, others were multiple choice questions.Results: The majority of respondents were males (65.66%). Most of the participants were from 21-30years (44%) followed by 31-40 years (32.66%). Almost 77.6% participants had upto 5 years of experience in their respective field. Participants had good knowledge, positive attitude and followed a rational and fair practice about antimicrobial stewardship.Conclusions: Adequate training should be given to UGs and PGs about antimicrobial chemotherapy and its usage. It should be part of their curriculum- proper prescribing, dispensing and usage of AMA so as to promote judicious use of AMA.

scholarly journals Antibiotic prescription analysis of inpatients in a tertiary care teaching hospital

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1792
Author(s):  
Jyothsnya Srinivasa ◽  
Vijaya Rajendran
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Treatment Guidelines ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Antibiotic Prescribing ◽  
Duration Of Treatment ◽  
Prescribing Pattern ◽  
Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital ◽  
Care Teaching ◽  
Stewardship Program

Background: Antibiotics are one among the commonly prescribed drugs. Patterns of antibiotic resistance widely follows local patterns of antibiotic prescribing and usage. Periodic surveillance of antibiotic prescriptions at regional level are essential to understand and combat antimicrobial resistance. To study the prescribing pattern of antibiotics among inpatients of various specialties in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Method: A prospective observational study of prescribing pattern of antibiotics was conducted among inpatients of various specialties in a tertiary care teaching hospital. Antibiotic prescribing data was collected using a semi structured proforma. The data obtained was analyzed and the conclusions were drawn using descriptive analysis.Results: A total of 1161 prescriptions were collected. 3211 antibiotics were prescribed. Mean average duration of treatment with antibiotics per patient was 11.8 days. Use of 3rd generation cephalosporins, imipenem, piperacillin and vancomycin observed. 75% of antibiotics were prescribed for prophylactic use. Antibiotics prescribed for therapeutic indication were supported by clinical, radiological and other investigations like culture and sensitivity reports.Conclusions: The present study highlights the use of antibiotics for long duration among admitted patients. Implementation of antimicrobial stewardship program with adherence to standard treatment guidelines is essential to combat antimicrobial resistance.

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