Volume 10
Number 2 July 2026Pattern of Using Antibiotic among Hospital Admitted Patients according to WHO Access, Watch, Reserve (AWaRe) Classification
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70357/jdamc.2026.v1002.09
Sultana N1 , Hasan MM2 , Biswas P3
Abstract
Objective: Antibiotics are the most commonly prescribed drug throughout the world. But due to overuse and uncontrolled use of antibiotics causing resistance to pathogen. To improve overall drug use, international agencies like the World Health Organization (WHO), classified antibiotics into three groups, Access, Watch, and Reserve (AWaRe) categories. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prescribing pattern of antibiotics using the AWaRe classification by the WHO for antimicrobial use in post-operative patients in the Surgery of a tertiary care hospital in Dhaka. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in the Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Sir Salimullah Medical College, Dhaka with collaboration of Surgery Department of Sir Salimullah Medical College, Dhaka from July 2023 to June 2024.Total 216 patients were enrolled in this study after meeting the selection criteria. Result: In this study 45.86% of antibiotics were prescribed from the Access group; 53.13% of antibiotics were prescribed from the Watch group and 1.1% of antibiotics were prescribed from the Reserve group. Conclusion: Access group of antibiotics were most commonly prescribed antibiotics.
Keywords: Access, Watch, Reserve, indicator, prescribing, antibiotic, evaluation, hospital, WHO
- Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Assistant Professor, Department Biostatistics
- Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine and Public Health