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Table 8 Key essential drugs selected in DRH, HFSUH and KGH, eastern Ethiopia, Sep1-Nov 30, 2014 (n = 30)

From: Evaluation of rational drug use based on World Health Organization core drug use indicators in selected public hospitals of eastern Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

Lists of key drugs

DR H

HFSUH

KGH

Amoxicillin capsule

✓

✓

✓

Artemether + lumefantrine (Quartem)

✓

 

✓

Ceftriaxone injection

 

✓

✓

Cimetidine

  

✓

Chloramphenicol

  

✓

Ciprofloxacin tablet

✓

✓

✓

Cloxacillin capsule

 

✓

 

Diclofenac injection

✓

✓

 

Diclofenac tablet

 

✓

✓

Doxycycline

  

✓

Enalapril

✓

  

Erythromycin

  

✓

Ferrous sulfate

  

✓

Fluoxetine

✓

  

Glibenclamide

✓

  

Haloperidol

✓

  

Metformin

✓

  

Metoprolol

✓

  

Metronidazole

 

✓

✓

Norfloxacin tablet

✓

✓

 

NPH insulin

✓

  

Omeprazole

✓

✓

✓

Oral rehydration salt (ORS)

 

✓

 

Paracetamol

 

✓

 

Regular insulin

✓

  

RH(Rifampin + Isoniazid)

 

✓

✓

RHZE(Rifampine + Isoniazide + Pyrazineamide + Etambutol)

 

✓

✓

Sulphametoxazole + trimetoprime(cotrimoxazole)

 

✓

✓

Tetanus antitoxoid

 

✓

 

Terra cortil®(oxytetracycline, hydrocortisone and polymyxin B sulfate)

✓

  

Percentage of essential drugs

50a

50a

50a

WHO standard

100%

  
  1. aDeviation from WHO essential drug criteria by half