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The Effect of Infectious Disease Specialists Deployment Plan on Using Antibiotics in Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan, Iran



Mostafavizadeh K1 ; Ataei B2 ; Azad R3 ; Pirhaji O3 ; Koushki AM3 ; Sadeghian H3
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  1. 1. Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine and Nosocomial Infection Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine and Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
  3. 3. School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran

Source: Journal of Isfahan Medical School Published:2014

Abstract

Background: One of the most prevalent problems among hospitalized patients in intensive care units (ICUs) is infectious diseases that lead to high usage of antibiotics. This study was designed to evaluate the antibiotic usage in intensive care units of Alzahra Hospital, Isfahan, Iran, before (in 2010) and after (in 2014) the presence of infectious disease specialists. Methods: In a cross-sectional study, we measured the total rate of antibiotics usage in intensive care units of Alzahra Hospital in 2010 and 2014. SPSS22 software was used for the statistical analysis. Findings: Of the 39 evaluated antibiotics, use of 23 antibiotics (53.8%) were increased and of 16 (46.2%) were decreased after infectious disease specialists arrival. There was not a significant statistical difference between the mean of antibiotics consumption in 2010 and 2014 (P = 0.29). Conclusion: We suggest that additional studies should be performed to evaluate the causes of increasing usage of some antibiotics consumption and decreasing of others such as price, indication and contraindications, and access of antibiotics. © 2014, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences(IUMS). All rights reserved.
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