Evaluation of Anti-Infectives on Acute Respiratory Infection in Patients at Three Primary Health Cares Centres in Depok, Indonesia
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- 1Clinical Pharmacy Department, Pharmacy Faculty, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, West Java, INDONESIA.
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Retnosari Andrajati
Clinical Pharmacy Department, Pharmacy Faculty, Universitas Indonesia, Depok 16424, West Java, INDONESIA.
Received: 20-01-2017; Revised: 21-01-2017; Accepted: 14-02-2017.
Volume 9, Issue 1s · pp. s35-s38 · 2017 · DOI: 10.5530/jyp.2017.1s.9
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Introduction: The high prevalence of Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI) in Indonesia can increase anti-infective use and affect their patterns of use.Objective: This study aimed to evaluate anti-infective use in 2015 at 3 primary health care centres, Limo Primary Health Care (LPHC), Bojongsari Primary Health Care (BPHC), and Cipayung Primary Health Care (CPHC).Material and methods: This study was descriptive analytic research using retrospective data. Samples consisted of 20,441 ARI patients’ prescriptions containing anti-infective drugs during 2015. Anti-infective drugs were classified using the anatomical thera peutic chemical (ATC) classification system. Drug use was measured as Daily Defined Dose (DDD)/1000 patients/day. Drug use 90% and adherence to the National Formulary was evaluated as an indicator of the quality of prescribing drugs.Results: The highest amount of anti-infective use for ARI patients was at CPHC with a total quantity of 0.95 DDD/1000 patient/day. While at the LPHC amount of anti-infective use was 0.76 DDD/1000 patients/day and at BPHC was only 0.65 DDD/1000 patients/day. The most anti-infectives use at all primary health cares was amoxicillin. Ten anti-infectives were use at LPHC, 11 at BPHC and 7 at CPHC. Anti-infectives in the DU 90% segment at LPHC were amoxicillin, co-trimoxazole, and cefadroxil while amoxicillin was the only DU90% anti-infective used at CPHC and BPHC. The adherence to National Formulary were 70.00% at LPHC, 71.43%, at BPHC, and 63.64% at CPHC.Conclusion: The use of anti-infective varied and it showed that some did not adhere to National Formulary guidelines.
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Syahidah, A. Z., Andrajati, R., & Puspitasari, A. W. (2017). Evaluation of Anti-Infectives on Acute Respiratory Infection in Patients at Three Primary Health Cares Centres in Depok, Indonesia. Journal of Young Pharmacists, 9(1s), s35-s38. https://doi.org/10.5530/jyp.2017.1s.9
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