Evaluation of the antimicrobial use in defined daily doses in hospitals of the Republic of Moldova.

Abstract

In the world exists more international [1, 2], supranational (regional) [3, 4], and national programs [5-15] aimed to survey the usage of antibiotics, involving dozens of countries which have thousands of hospitals and other public health institutions. The article aims at collating and evaluating data on antibiotics usage in the National Practical-Scientifical Centre of Emergency Medicine over a certain time. Present research covers antibiotics utilization data, as a rate based on defined daily doses, enables reporting and comparison of total-hospital usage for the period from January 2009 to January 2012. The average annual rate for total-hospital antibiotics utilization of defined daily doses per 1000 occupied occupiedbed days since 2009 had decreased from 662.4 to 542.4 in 2012. This report provides data which could be used to target particular areas of antibiotics usage. At the hospital level the usage trends is a parameter for identifying overall changes in prescribing practices.