Evaluation of antibiotics utilization on pediatric outpatients in universitas sumatera utara hospital, medan

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine antibiotics prescribing profile for pediatric outpatients in Universitas Sumatera Utara Hospital, Medan, Sumatera Utara (Indonesia) in 2018. Methods: This study was using a retrospective cross-sectional method study which conducted from March to April 2018 with data from January to December 2018. From Universitas Sumatera Utara Hospital, there are 211 prescriptions contained antibiotic that made as sample. The antibiotic analyzed based on the group, type, duration of administration, and dosage-drug form along with the dose. Results: The antibiotic that mostly prescribed for pediatric outpatients was antituberculosis for 211 prescriptions (72.99%) which is isoniazid. There are 15 prescriptions (7.11%) with mismatch the duration of use. From 211 prescriptions with complete data to assess the dose, there are 75 prescriptions (35.55%) with mismatch dose and the most dosage form is pulveres for 121 prescriptions (57.35%). Conclusion: It shows that isoniazid was the most prescribed antibiotic for pediatric outpatients in Universitas Sumatera Utara Hospital, Medan, and there is still mismatch in dose and duration of use in antibiotic prescribing for pediatric.