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Table 6 Patient-care and supplemental indicators at the selected wards in the Bahawal Victoria Hospital (Indicators 15–17)

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

Hospital Wards

Patient-care and supplemental indicators

Number of AM doses prescribed Sum (mean ± SD)

Percent of doses of prescribed AM actually administered

Average duration of hospital stay of patients who received AM (SD)

Number of AM drug sensitivity tests reported per hospital admission with curative AM prescribed

1. CDU

1134 (12.5 ± 7.7)

100

5.8 (3.2)

1

2. ENT

1116 (12.5 ± 7.8)

100

5.1 (2.8)

0

3. Gynecology

2635 (29 ± 17.1)

100

6.3 (4.1)

0

4. Medical 1

1188 (13.4 ± 11.4)

100

5.9 (3.9)

1

5. Medical 2

1231 (13.5 ± 10.2)

100

5.9 (3.9)

0

6. Nephrology

1282 (20.4 ± 11.9)

100

8.2 (2.8)

0

7. Orthopedics

452 (7 ± 5.3)

100

3.5 (2.5)

0

8. Surgical 4

1663 (17.5 ± 11.3)

100

7.3 (5.8)

0

9. Skin

1049 (16.6 ± 8.2)

100

7.5 (5.3)

0

10. Urology

1297 (15.1 ± 9.3)

100

8.2 (5.1)

0

Mean (SD)/ Percentage

13047 (15.9 ± 12)

100

6.4 (4.3)

0.002%

ANOVA

p < 0.005*

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p < 0.005

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  1. AM Antimicrobial, CDU Chest Disease Unit, ENT Ear Nose Throat; *It is not a standard indicator, but is mandatory to calculate the indicator 15