From: Antibiotic use in a tertiary healthcare facility in Ghana: a point prevalence survey
Drug name (generic) | Â | Department/Unit | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Child Health | Medicine | Obstetrics | Gynaecology | Orthopaedics | General Surgery | Neuro-surgery | Urology | Paediatric Surgery | |
 | n, % | n, %1 | n, % | n, % | n, % | n, % | n, %1 | n, %1 | n, %1 | |
Metronidazole | 107 (17.5) | 4 (2.8) | 13 (12.9) | 54 (39.7) | 9 (30.0) | 3(4.1) | 9 (17.3) | 4 (16.7) | 2 (12.5) | 9 (23.7) |
Amoxicillin- clavulanic acid | 82 (13.4) | 1 (0.7) | 7 (6.9) | 48 (35.3) | 8 (26.7) | 1 (1.4) | 12 (23.1) | 2 (8.3) | 1 (6.3) | 2 (5.3) |
Ceftriaxone | 74 (12.1) | 20 (14.2) | 27 (26.7) | 4 (2.9) | 4 (13.3) | 1 (1.4) | 2 (3.9) | 7 (29.2) | 1 (6.3) | 8 (21.1) |
Cefuroxime | 61 (10.0) | 6 (4.3) | 2 (2.0) | 13 (9.6) | 5 (16.7) | 28 (38.4) | 5 (9.6) | 1 (4.2) | – | 1 (2.6) |
Cloxacillin | 52 (8.5) | 28 (19.9) | 10 (9.9) | 1 (0.7) | – | 5 (6.9) | – | 6 (25.0) | – | 2 (5.3) |
Clindamycin | 49 (8.0) | 10 (7.1) | 3 (2.9) | 4 (2.9) | 1 (3.3) | 25 (30.1) | 7 (13.5) | 1 (4.2) | 1 (6.3) | – |
Gentamicin | 46 (7.5) | 30 (21.3) | 3 (2.9) | 2 (1.5) | 1 (3.3) | 1 (1.4) | 2 (3.9) | 1 (4.2) | – | 6 (15.8) |
Ciprofloxacillin | 39 (6.4) | 6 (4.3) | 7 (6.9) | – | 1 (3.3) | 9 (12.3) | 8 (15.4) | 1 (4.2) | 5 (31.3) | 2 (5.3) |
Azithromycin | 21 (3.4) | – | 13 (12.9) | 5 (3.9) | 1 (3.3) | 1 (1.4) | – | – | 1 (6.3) | – |
Co-trimoxazole | 14 (2.3) | 7 (5.0) | 7 (6.9) | – | – | – | – | – | – |  |
Meropenem | 12 (2.0) | 2 (1.4) | 1 (1.0) | – | – | – | 2 (3.9) | – | 4 (25.0) | 3 (7.9) |
Amikacin | 8 (1.3) | 7(5.0) | – | – | – | – | – | Q | -a | – |
Ampicillin | 10 (1.6) | 7 (5.0) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 (7.9) |
Crystal penicillin | 7 (1.2) | 6 (4.3) | 1 (1.0) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Cefotaxime | 6 (1.0) | 6 (4.3) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Levofloxacin | 5 (0.8) | – | 3 (3.0) | – | – | 1 (1.4) | 1 (1.9) | – | – | – |
Erythromycin | 5 (0.8) | – | 1 (1.0) | 4 (2.9) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Clarithromycin | 3 (0.5) | – | – | – | – | – | 3 (5.7) | – | – | – |
Nitrofuratoin | 2 (0.3) | – | – | – | – | 1 (1.4) | – | – | 1 (6.3) | – |
Ceftazidine | 2 (0.3) | – | 1 (1.0) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (2.6) |
Amoxicillin | 1 (0.2) | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (1.9) | – | – | – |
Cefixime | 1 (0.2) | – | – | 1 (0.7) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Doxycycline | 1 (0.2) | – | 1 (1.0) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Cefpodoxime | 1 (0.2) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 (2.6) |
Nalidixic acid | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.7) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Vancomycin | 1 (0.2) | – | 1 (1.0) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Total | 611 | 141 | 101 | 136 | 30 | 73 | 52 | 24 | 16 | 38 |