A point prevalence study of antibiotic use and related antibiotic resistance patterns of bacteria at the San Fernando general Hospital
Determine the relationship between antibiotic usage in a tertiary hospital and the antibiotic resistance profiles of bacteria.
There is no relationship between antibiotic usage and the increasing antibiotic resistance.
There is a relationship between antibiotic usage and the increasing antibiotic resistance.
vi)Objectives
Identify antibiotic usage pattern amongst prescribing doctors.
Correlate clinical and laboratory findings into the justification of prescribing antimicrobial agents.
Determine the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of bacteria
Make recommendations for antimicrobial stewardship programs at the SWRHA and by extension Trinidad and Tobago.
vii )justification/ significance of the study