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Assessment of prescribing practices at the primary healthcare facilities in Botswana with an emphasis on antibiotics: Findings and implications.

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Inappropriate drug prescribing has increased especially in developing countries where systems for monitoring medicine use are not well developed. This increases the rate of antimicrobial resistance. The study aim was to assess the prescribing patterns among urban primary health facilities in Botswana to provide future guidance including developing future quality indicators. METHODS:Retrospective data from patients' records between January and December 2013 in 19 clinics were collected in a cross-sectional study. The WHO/International Network for Rational Use of Drugs indicators were used to assess prescribing patterns in the study clinics. RESULTS:Average number of drugs per prescription was 2.8; 78.6% of the prescribed antibiotics were by International Non-proprietary Name and 96.1% complied with the Botswana Essential Drugs List. Overall rate of antibiotic prescribing was high (42.7%) with 14.7%, 5.9% and 1.3% of prescriptions having two, three and four antibiotics, respectively. Systemic antibiotics (JO1C) accounted for 45.4% of prescribed antibiotics of which amoxicillin accounted for 28.4% and metronidazole 14.4% of all antibiotic prescriptions. There was low use of co-amoxiclav (0.3% of all antibiotic prescriptions). Third generation cephalosporins and macrolides accounted for 9.8% and 6.2% of antibiotic prescriptions respectively, with no prescribing of fluoroquinolones. The majority of indications (87%) for antibiotic prescriptions were according to ICD classification. CONCLUSIONS:While most indications for antibiotic prescriptions were based on signs and symptoms according to ICD, antibiotic prescribing rates were high with some conditions not requiring antibiotics because they are viral infections. There is a need to further improve prescribing practices through induction and training of in-service prescribers. An effective management tool for monitoring antibiotic prescribing practices at Primary Health Care facilities should be designed and implemented, including developing robust quality indicators.

journal_name

Int J Clin Pract

journal_title

International journal of clinical practice

authors

Mashalla Y,Setlhare V,Massele A,Sepako E,Tiroyakgosi C,Kgatlwane J,Chuma M,Godman B

doi

10.1111/ijcp.13042

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-12-01 00:00:00

issue

eissn

1368-5031

issn

1742-1241

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Assessment of prescribing practices at the primary healthcare facilities in Botswana with an emphasis on antibiotics: Findings and implications.