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Table 3 WHO hospital indicators

From: Investigation of antimicrobial use at a tertiary care hospital in Southern Punjab, Pakistan using WHO methodology

Sr. No.

Parameter

Results

1

Existence of DTC

Yes

2

Existence of STGs for infectious diseases

No

3

Existence of FL/EML

Yes

4

Total number of antimicrobials on the FL/EML

25 generics

5

Are all medicines identified by INN

Yes

6

Availability of a set of key antimicrobials in the hospital stores on the day of study

93.8%

7

Average number of days that a set of key antimicrobials is out of stock

3.3 days/month

8

Total number of hospital discharges during the last calendar year

128,940

9

Surgical interventions performed during the last calendar year

Major = 28,257

Minor = 17,739

10

Expenditure on antimicrobialsa as a percentage of the total hospital medicine costs

12.2%

  1. DTC Drug and therapeutic committee, STGs Standard treatment guidelines, FL/EML Formulary list/essential medicines list, INN International non-proprietary names
  2. aAnnual bulk purchase data only