Uso de antibióticos parenterales en el servicio de medicina interna de un hospital de tercer nivel de la ciudad de Bogotá

a cross-sectional and observational study related with therapeutic plan, was described the utilization and prescription practices of parenteral antibiotics, in the internalmedicine service of the hospital universitario la samaritana e.s.e from bogota city. were administered 32.6 ddd/100 patients-day. the most prescribed therapeutic groups were: cephalosporins, penicillins and quinolones. the errors in the therapeutic plan were in: the dosification regimen, the drug selection and the therapy duration. from this study were extracted the first consumption and prescription indicators to the service, for establishing a reference point to next evaluations.