Development and application of WHONET software in hospital antibiogram

Antibiotic resistance is an emerging issue that requires a track on antimicrobial pattern in institution to prescribe appropriate empirical therapy. Antibiogram that's aggregate of susceptibility profile within provides better understanding and prophylactic use antimicrobials. It also focuses M39 guidelines published by Clinical Laboratory Standard Institute for developing accurate reliable data antibiograms. The this review has been extracted from literature databases such as Medline/PubMed, Scopus, Web Science, Embase the Cochrane Library. This highlights importance clinical pharmacists antibiogram preventing resistance, types antibiogram, history development, need, role hospital microbiological laboratory guidelines. Additionally, significance WHONET software analysis results rather than using old/traditional methods, limitations, future considerations described.