Evaluation of antibiotic prescribing pattern during hospitalisation: A preliminary clinical audit from a Malaysian teaching hospital

• Main Authors: Elnaem, Mohamed Hassan Abdelaziz, Jamal, Muhammad Hazim, Noor Ismadi, Muhammad Nur Shafiq, Pauzi, Muhammad Faris, Mohd Shaufi, Muhammad Anis, Hassan, Muhammad Fakhrul Asyraf Kamarulzaman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications , Wolters Kluwer India Pvt Ltd 2020
• Subjects: RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/85042/1/85042%20abstract.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/85042/; https://www.jpbsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0975-7406;year=2020;volume=12;issue=6;spage=852;epage=934;aulast=

Inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics by healthcare providers is a leading contributor to antibiotics resistance and increasing hospital stay worldwide. There is a relatively few data available on how appropriately the changing of antibiotics during the same hospital stay occurs. Objectives:...