INDICES> Research in Rational use of cefotaxime

["Queen II Pharmacy" <pharmacy@ilesotho.com>]

Indices: Assessing the rational use of cefotaxime at QEII hospital in
Lesotho


Dear Indices members,

I am a research scholar , working on a research project "Assessing the
rational use of cefotaxime". This is a study amongst inpatients in a
tertiary
hospital in Maseru, Lesotho. One finds that antibiotic use accounts for a
large proportion of the pharmacy budget in the hospital and in many
instututions cephalosporins in general have been overused and abused
resulting
in emergence of resistant organisms and an increasing burden on resources.

I would appreciate information from other tertiary care hospitals in other
countries, more specifically in the following areas

1.  the prescribing patterns
2.  indications
3.  importance of susceptability assessment prior to initiating therapy

And any other!
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Mrs Teboho Khetsi, senior pharmacist
Queen Elisabeth II Pharmacy, Maseru, Lesotho
Email: pharmacy@ilesotho.com
Tel +266-22321373  Fax +266-22310790

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