ANTIBIOTICS UTILIZATION REVIEW IN A NIGERIAN TERTIARY HOSPITAL

• At: 2019 FIP Congress in AbuDhabi (United Arab Emirates)
• Type: Poster
• By: TEMEDIE, Tarilate (UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT TEACHING HOSPITAL, PHARMACY, Nigeria)
• Co-author(s): Tarilate CONSTANCE Temedie: PHARMACY, UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT TEACHING HOSPITAL, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
  Obinna Ekwunife: Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
  Samuel Uzodimma: Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Management, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
  Ifeyinwa Chijioke-Nwauche: Clinical Pharmacy, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  Antibiotic resistance is a global public health problem with severe economic and clinical consequences. Without urgent interventions, there is a high risk of reversing back to the pre-antibiotic era

  Methods

  A retrospective, cross-sectional survey was conducted using 2356 folders of admitted patients from October 2015 to March 2016.

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