From: Antibiotic use in a tertiary healthcare facility in Ghana: a point prevalence survey
Department | Patients on antibiotics | Antibiotic prescriptions | ||||
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 | Number | % prevalence [95% CI] | Parenteral | Oral | Total | % prevalence [95% CI] |
Obstetrics (n = 214) | 77 | 36.0 [29.5-42.8] | 46 (33.8) | 90 (66.2) | 136 | 16.5[13.8-19.5] |
Child Health (n = 111) | 77 | 69.4 [59.9-77.8] | 120 (85.1) | 21(14.9) | 141 | 22.5[19.5-25.9] |
Medicine (n = 106) | 53 | 50.0 [40.1-59.9] | 65 (64.4) | 36 (35.6) | 101 | 16.5[13.8-19.5] |
Orthopaedics (n = 84) | 48 | 57.1 [45.9-67.9] | 26 (35.6) | 47 (64..4) | 73 | 13.3[10.4-16.2 |
General Surgery (n = 55) | 33 | 56.9 [43.2-69.8] | 28 (58.9) | 24 (46.2) | 52 | 8.6[8.7-11.4] |
Paediatric Surgery (n = 22) | 20 | 90.9 [70.8-98.9] | 32 (84.2) | 6 (15.8) | 38 | 5.8[4.2-8.6] |
Gynaecology (n = 38) | 17 | 44.7 [28.6-61.7] | 17 (53.7) | 13(43.3) | 30 | 4.5[3.1-6.4] |
Neuro-surgery (n = 23) | 12 | 52.2 [30.6-73.2] | 21 (87.5) | 3 (12.5) | 24 | 3.6[2.4-53.8] |
Urology (n = 24) | 11 | 45.8 [29.8-74.3] | 11 (68.8) | 5 (31.2) | 16 | 2.3[1.4-3.8] |
All departments (n-677) | 348 | 51.4 [47.6-55.2] | 366 (59.9)b | 245(40.1)a | 611 | Â |