Abstract

GARCIA ORIHUELA, Marlene et al. Use, consume and cost of controlled antimicrobials in two services at"Calixto Garcia" University Hospital. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2013, vol.12, n.1, pp.152-161. ISSN 1729-519X.

Introduction: the irrational use of antimicrobials is a common health problem world around, having impact on both medical applications and high costs. A large number of patients receive antimicrobial therapy, for which is convenient the correct drug prescription, taking into account dynamics of the bacterial ecology, the peculiarities of each patient and the local and national costs of the   medications. Objective: to characterize controlled antimicrobials according to consumeand costs at the Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Unit of theCalixto Garcia Hospital. Material and Methods: the present paper shows a descriptive, observational and retrospective study of Drug Use based on the analysis of consume and costs. The studied considered all patients that consumed controlled antimicrobials at the Internal Medicine and Intensive Care services of the Calixto Garcia Hospital during June to November of 2010 and whose use was authorized by the Antibiotic Commission accredited or such ends. Results: the most used antimicrobials were the cefalosporins amily with 4514 bulbs, mainly Cefuroxima, at the Internal Medicine service, while and Ceftriaxona with 5982 bulbs was the most used in the Intensive care service. The overall cost caused by consumption of antimicrobials was high (432914.00 pesos), mostly at the Intensive Care service (312528.80 pesos). This was related to the high consume of ciprofloxacine (39387.70 and 70656.30 pesos) in the Internal Medicine and Intensive Care Unit. Conclusions: the cephalosporins was the pharmacology group most used in both services, the consume of aminoglycoside and vancomycin was quarter in intensive care Unit, where the costs were higher.

Keywords : drug use study (EUM); antimicrobials; consume; cost.

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