02928nas a2200253 4500008004100000245011000041210006900151260001600220300001200236490000600248520213400254653001802388653001602406653001402422653001402436653002302450653001702473653001302490100002502503700002902528700003502557700002202592856006002614 2019 eng d00aAntimicrobial Drug Consumption in Emergency Services at North West (Tabuk) Region Hospitals, Saudi Arabia0 aAntimicrobial Drug Consumption in Emergency Services at North We cAugust 2019 a108-1120 v53 a

Objectives: This article describes antimicrobial medication use among different age groups and the cost associated with it in emergency department at Northern West (Tabuk) hospitals, Saudi Arabia. The aim of this study to declare the antimicrobial medication use in emergency Units at North West Region Hospitals, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a 12-month antimicrobial drug consumption by emergency services at North West region hospitals. It included all adults, pediatrics and neonatal population. The medications were selected by Central Antibiotics committee at MOH as part of the National Antimicrobial Stewardship program. The consumption is driven from pharmacy database and calculated based on off stranded unit of antimicrobial per hospital. The cost of antibiotics consumption was calculated by using Ministry of Health National Cost database. All cost used was as US currency. Results: The total number of Antimicrobial standard units at Emergency departments were (8,805.00) with average (1,761.00) per hospital. The highest general drug consumption was Azithromycin PO 200 mg/15 ml (4253) and Ceftriaxone IV 1 g (805) and Gentamicin IV 80 mg (401) at Emergency departments. The total cost of antimicrobial consumption was (24,822.60 USD) and (4,964.52 USD) per hospital. The highest cost medication consumption from Adults Emergency departments was 59.85% (24,822.60 USD) followed by pediatrics Emergency departments 28.99% (7,197.03 USD) and Neonates Emergency departments of 11.16% (2,769.98 USD). The highest medication cost was for very broad-spectrum antibiotics like Meropenem IV, Azithromycin PO and Moxifloxacin IV. It consumed more than 60 % of the cost burden. Conclusion: The Emergency department had a high consumption of antimicrobial drugs with burden cost. Antimicrobial stewardship program at Emergency services are necessary to prevent bugs related resistance, improve patient outcome and avoid necessary additional economic burden on healthcare system in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

10aAntimicrobial10aConsumption10aEmergency10aHospitals10aNorth West (Tabuk)10aSaudi Arabia10aServices1 aAlomi, Yousef, Ahmed1 aAlmasoudi, Abeer, Hussin1 aAlghamdi, Ghormallah, Abdullah1 aAbboud, Nora, Ali uhttp://ptbreports.org/article/2019/5/3/105530ptb2019520