Table 2 Antibiotic usage rates of medical units
From: Application of ATC/DDD methodology to eveluate of antibiotic use in a general hospital in Turkey
Internal medicine units | The number of patients to which antibiotics were administered/ number of patients | % | Surgical units | The number of patients to whom antibiotics were administered/ number of patients | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internal medicine | 3/42 | 7.1 | General surgery | 19/35 | 54.3 |
Neurology | 1/21 | 4.8 | Orthopedics | 12/26 | 46.2 |
Cardiology | 4/19 | 21.1 | Neurosurgery | 6/10 | 60 |
PTR | 2/20 | 10 | ENT | 3/9 | 33.3 |
Dermatology | 8/12 | 66.7 | Plastic surgery | 6/9 | 66.7 |
Infectious diseases | 6/8 | 75 | CVS | 3/5 | 60 |
Pulmonary dis. | 53/59 | 89.8 | Chest surgery | 7/10 | 70 |
Total | 77/181 | 42.5 | Urology | 3/9 | 33.3 |
Intensive care unit | 11/14 | 78.6 | Total | 59/113 | 52.2 |