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
Clinical ward
Number of patients prescribed antibiotics (%)
Number of sensitivity tests performed (%)
Internal Medicine
939 (73.2)
54 (5.8)
Gynecology/Obstetrics
310 (64.9)
5 (1.6)
Surgery
396 (84.1)
4 (1.0)
Total
1645 (73.7)
63 (3.8)