Escalating Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Tertiary Hospitals: A Balancing Act in Preventing Hospital-Acquired infections
Lakshya Nehal Samineni · 2025
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Lakshya Nehal Samineni writes a letter to the editor on the rising use of antimicrobial drugs in large hospitals, and the tension it creates. The drugs cut deaths from hospital acquired infections, above all in intensive care. Yet wide preventive and guess based use speeds drug resistance, the letter warns.
Intensive care units breed such infections through invasive devices, weak immunity, and resistant germs already present. Estimates cited here say 30 to 60 percent of ICU antibiotic orders lack solid grounds. In Nepal, use is climbing for broad watch group drugs, driven by guess based rather than targeted care. The COVID-19 years made the habit worse, the author argues.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lakshya Nehal Samineni |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |