Variations in antibiotic use across India: multi-centre study through Global Point Prevalence survey

Singh, Sanjeev; Sengupta, Shubhashis; Antony, Reena; Bhattacharya, Sanjay; Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay; Ramasubramanian, V; Sharma, Anita; Sahu, S.; Nirkhiwale, S.; Gupta, Shweta; Rohit, Anusha; Kumar Sharma, Santosh; Raghavan, V.; Barman, P; Sood, Seema; Mamtora, Dhruv; Rengaswamy, S.; Arora, Anita; Goossens, Herman; Versporten, Ann

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2019.05.014

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Variations in antibiotic use across India: multi-centre study through Global Point Prevalence survey

Published in Journal of Hospital Infection • Jun 3, 2019

Authors:

Sanjeev Singh

Shubhashis Sengupta

Reena Antony

Abstract

The aim of the study was to assess antimicrobial prescribing patterns, and variation in practice, in India. A point prevalence survey (PPS) was conducted in October to December 2017 in 16 tertiary care hospitals across India. The survey included all inpatients receiving an antimicrobial on the day o...

Subject

Medicine

Antimicrobial stewardship

Medical prescription

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