WHO/INRUD prescribing indicators with a focus on antibiotics utilization patterns at outpatient department of Adigrat general hospital, Tigrai, Ethiopia: a retrospective cross-sectional study

This study showed deviations of prescribing patterns from WHO standards. The percentage of prescriptions with antibiotic was far from WHO optimal value. The use of antibiotics from "Access" group was below WHO standard. The percentage of medicines prescribed by generic name and the percentage of encounters with injection also deviated from WHO standard. Antibiotics prescribing showed significantly association with age, number of medicines and certain diseases.