A STUDY ON THE PRESCRIBING PATTERN OF ANTIBIOTICS AND THE THERAPEUTIC OUTCOME OBTAINED IN SURGICAL WARD OF DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
The objective was to analyze the prescribing pattern of antibiotics in the surgical ward of department of surgery of The Oxford Medical College and Research Centre, Attibele, Bangalore. An observational study was carried out on a sample size of 150 patients including 76 male and 74 female patients. Cefotaxime (52%) was most common antibiotic prescribed and parentral route (87.33%) was the most preferred route. Most of the patients were classified as Controlled (54.67%), on the basis of therapeutic outcome. So there should be a combined effort from all the healthcare professionals to diversify the prescribing pattern of antibiotics to different classes, ideally by formulating prescribing guidelines, to make the therapy more effective and for the ultimate goal of welfare of the patients.