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October 13, 2025The Indian Journal of Medical ResearchOpen Access

Antibiotic‐prescribing patterns in outpatient departments from a tertiary care hospital in Manipur using WHO AWaRe classification

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SCSoubam ChristinaRNRanchandra NandeibamPRPearson R.L.

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Overview

Cross-sectional study reveals antibiotic prescribing patterns in outpatient departments, highlighting concerns about resistance.

Key Points

  • Around 85% of prescriptions contained only one antibiotic, indicating a trend toward simpler treatment approaches.
  • 38% of the prescribed antibiotics fell under the Access group, which is below the WHO recommendation of 60%.
  • Only 26.3% of antibiotics were prescribed by their generic names, suggesting a reliance on brand names.
  • Nearly a quarter of the antibiotics prescribed were classified as Not Recommended according to WHO AWaRe.

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Christina et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68ec51df42911f61ef8b22d3https://doi.org/10.25259/ijmr_636_2025
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