Role of Clinical Pharmacists in the Utilization of Antibacterial Drugs in Gynecologic Inpatients / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:To study the role of clinical pharmacists in the utilization of antibacterial drugs in gynecologic inpatients. METHODS: Gynecologic inpatients in our hospital from Jun. to Dec. in 2008 were randomly divided into clinical pharmacists participation group(pharmacists group, n=158) and doctors’ experience group (experience group, n=158) according to admission order. The utilization of antibiotics during hospitalization was analyzed statistically. RESULTS: Two groups were all treated with antibacterial drugs. The utilization rate of single drug in pharmacist group was significantly higher than in experience group while the utilization rates of two-drug and three-drug combination in pharmacist group were strikingly lower than in experience group (P