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Table 3 Number of antibiotics prescribed to the patients in the three clinical wards during their hospitalization (n = 1645)

From: Multiple challenges of antibiotic use in a large hospital in Ethiopia – a ward-specific study showing high rates of hospital-acquired infections and ineffective prophylaxis

 

Number of antibiotics per patient

1

2

3

4

5–9

Mean (sd)

Number of patients (%)

Internal Medicine

194 (20.7)

383 (40.8)

189 (20.1)

94 (10.0)

79 (8.4)

2.5 (1.3)

Gynecology/Obstetrics

213 (68.7)

53 (17.1)

26 (8.4)

11 (3.5)

7 (2.3)

1.5 (1.0)

Surgery

236 (59.6)

117 (29.5)

27 (6.8)

9 (2.3)

7 (1.8)

1.6 (0.9)