IRRATIONAL USE OF ANTIBIOTICS AMONG DOCTORS IN PORT SUDAN HOSPITALS

Introduction: Resistant of antibiotics represent serious medical problem that face all world and going to make many difficulties in treating infectious disease and result in an obvious reflect on morbidity and mortality in addition to an economic burden. In developing countries like Sudan where poverty play a main role inirrational use of antibiotics this problem became more obvious, here over counter drugs include all antibiotics even the parenteral one; this practice going despite governmental rules, this beside several other factors that may be divided on doctors factors, hospital and governmental factors and community factors play a real role in emergence of antibiotics resistant. This study concerning in doctors role in irrational use of antibiotics.

Objectives: This study done to assess the use of antibiotics by doctors in Port Sudan teaching hospital during the study period, assess the rational use of antibiotics, detect the causes of irrational use of antibiotics and Participate in solving the irrational use of antibiotics.

Methodology: This is a cross sectional analytical descriptive study, done in Port Sudan teaching hospital, Digna reference hospital and almwani hospital in Port Sudan city; eastern Sudan from September 2023 to December 2023.