Table 3 Overall antibiotic use among inpatients admitted at Limpopo Province regional hospitals
From: Antibiotic prescribing to inpatients in Limpopo, South Africa: a multicentre point-prevalence survey
Hospital | Overall antibiotic us | Antibiotic per patient ratio | Antibiotic use | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total no. of patients admitted | Number of patients on antibiotics | Patients on antibiotic use (5) | 95% CI | Number of antibiotic prescriptions (N) | Antibiotic per patient ratio | (Mono- and combination therapy) | ||||||
One antibiotic | Two antibiotics | Three or more antibiotics | ||||||||||
N | n | % | % | Â | Â | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Hospital A | 111 | 39 | 35.1 | 25.3–44.0 | 64 | 1.6 | 18 | 46.2 | 17 | 43.6 | 4 | 10.2 |
Hospital B | 205 | 66 | 32.2 | 25.8–38.6 | 101 | 1.5 | 33 | 50.0 | 31 | 47.0 | 2 | 3.0 |
Hospital C | 119 | 47 | 39.5 | 30.7–48.3 | 75 | 1.6 | 21 | 44.7 | 24 | 51.1 | 2 | 4.3 |
Hospital D | 210 | 63 | 30.0 | 23.8–36.2 | 99 | 1.6 | 33 | 52.4 | 24 | 38.1 | 6 | 9.5 |
Hospital E | 159 | 46 | 28.9 | 21.9–35.9 | 77 | 1.7 | 17 | 37.0 | 28 | 60.9 | 1 | 2.2 |
Total | 804 | 261 | 32.5 | 29.2–35.7 | 416 | 1.6 | 122 | 46.7 | 124 | 47.5 | 15 | 5.7 |