… on the prescription and sale of antimicrobials. This study was conducted to assess the
antimicrobial prescription pattern of physicians at a tertiary hospital in Northwestern Nigeria. …

… Antimicrobial prescriptions were chosen arbitrarily weekly … The appropriateness of
antimicrobial prescriptions as well as … The improvement in antimicrobial prescription was included …

… use of antimicrobials to … antimicrobial prescribing for hospitalized patients in the acute care
setting and assess the appropriateness of antimicrobial use among prescribers in a tertiary …

… A total of 363 642 antimicrobial prescriptions in 2014 were obtained, corresponding to 197
781 … of patients receiving antimicrobial prescriptions by setting in a large tertiary hospital in …

… antimicrobial agent in 289 prescriptions was analysed in this study (Figure 1). Single
antimicrobial … , two drugs 31.83%, three drugs 13.8% and four drugs was 1.73% of prescriptions. …

… hospital costs (3). In the present study, the prescribing frequency of antimicrobials per
prescription … %) whereas prescribing of two antimicrobials was common in Paediatrics (59.9%). …

… This study represents the first objective pan-hospital antimicrobial prescription evaluation in
Nigeria. Areas of concern identified include high antibiotic prevalence rates in ICU, pediatric …

… information on antimicrobial prescribing practices in a tertiary hospital in South East Nigeria.
… antimicrobial prescribing practices for inpatients in a tertiary hospital in South East Nigeria. …

… antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which is believed to be the next pandemic. Consequently,
auditing antimicrobial prescription … to describe outpatient antimicrobial drug prescribing at the …

… A combination of antimicrobials from different groups was 13.85%. This study also revealed
that the antimicrobial prescription in terms of irrationality of antimicrobial FDCs was 47%. …