Abstract
The hospital introduced a multi-department synergy in management of the rational use of carbapenems. Specifically, the medical affairs department conducts training and appraisal of doctors along with a monthly checkup of medical records. The pharmaceutical affairs division conducts prior prescriptions checkup and follow-up comment. The clinical microbiology laboratory and the hospital-acquired infection management department monitors and releases such infection and bacterial resistance information of the whole hospital in real time. The results showed increased prescriptions of imipenem and cilastatin sodium, and decreased prescriptions of biapenem for injection. Drug resistance analysis showed that carbapenem resistant strains increased by 28%, but the total number of patients reduced by 10% and total number of patients with multidrug resistance remained unchanged. It is proposed to further antimicrobial stewardship in the hospital to achieve rational drug use and curb bacterial resistance. Key words: Pharmacy administration; Carbapenem; Antibacterial agent; Rational use
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