Drug Utilization Evalauation of Antibiotics in Dh Uttarakashi

(150-200 words) Drug Use Evaluation (DUE) is recognized as an effective tool for detecting and improving drug use and to strengthen clinical pharmacy and patient care It is vital for almost all drugs most importantly for antibiotics for being the highly used drug in hospitals and community The objective of this study was to do drug utilization evaluation of antibiotics in dh uttarakashi. It was a hospital based retrospective study was conducted for a period of one month December 2016 A total of 15 patient records were collected randomly evaluated for prescribing pattern using WHO drug indicators. Results showed male dominance (33 %) were in the age group 61-80 years. abdominal pain was the most prevalent disease accounting for 27 % cases. Ceftriaxone was highly used antibiotic The average number of drugs per prescription in our study was 4.73. Percentage of drug by generic name was 28.86%. Injection was given in every prescription hence value of encounter with injection is 100 %. In our study EDL percentage was 28.16. Rational drug use by promoting more generic prescribing can be promoted. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Date of Submission: 17-09-2017 Date of acceptance: 25-09-2017 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------