IJSR International Journal of Scientific Research 2277 - 8179 Indian Society for Health and Advanced Research ijsr-8-11-23110 Original Research Paper DRUG UTILIZATION STUDY IN SURGERY OPD OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL: RECOMMENDATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF RATIONAL USE OF DRUGS Sargwan Dr. November 2019 8 11 01 02 ABSTRACT

Objective–To determine drug utilisation pattern in outpatient departments in surgery OPD of King George’s Medical University, Lucknow Material and methods– This was an open label, prospective, cross–sectional, observational study conducted in Outpatient Department (OPD) of surgery.The sample size was kept 400 in department in accordance with the World Health Organization manual Study. Data was expressed as mean±SD, frequency, range and percentages. No statistical hypothesis was tested Result: : After compiling the data, overall review shows average number of drugs as 5 and standard deviation with ± 1.4.Drugs by generic name as 1%. Antibiotics prescribed are 45% and 19% drugs from essential drug list. Counters with injection prescribed are 4%. According to the data, maximum numbers of drugs were greater than four. Maximum percentage of drugs prescribed per prescription is greater than four i.e., 49% and minimum is 2% with zero number of drugs in a prescription in surgery OPD.