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Background Irrational drug utilization is a major concern in developing countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed first-level informative indicators in assessing drug use practices and encouraging improvement in the quality of patient care. OBJECTIVE To assess the current drug use practices in three pediatric hospitals in Omdurman city, Sudan, and to compare results between each other and with pervious similar studies. METHODS The study was a descriptive, quantitative, and cross-sectional study thatapplied the WHO drug use indicators methodology. it was conducted in the outpatient settings of three pediatric hospitals. The study sample was selected using systematic random sampling. In each hospital, 100 prescriptions were selected. RESULTS The percentage of encounters in which antibiotics were prescribed at Omdurman pediatric hospital, Albuluk pediatric hospital and Abd El Rahman Almahadi pediatric hospital were 71%, 77% and 70% respectively which were very high compared to the standard (20.0%- 26.8%), The percentage of encounters in which an injection was prescribed in Omdurman pediatric hospital, Albuluk pediatric hospital and Abd El- Rahman Almahadi pediatric hospital were 5%, 2% and 7% respectively which were lower than the standard (13.4%- 24.1%) and The percentage of drugs prescribed from the essential drug list for Omdurman pediatric hospital, Albuluk pediatric hospital and Abd El-Rahman Almahadi pediatric hospital 100%,97% and 100% respectively which is almost nearly same to the standard (100%) CONCLUSIONS The findings revealed that in all hospitals studied the prescribing pattern (anti % and inj %) did not match the standard values which recommended by WHO. On other hand the percentage of drug prescribed from essential drug list were almost nearly same to standard; accordingly quantitative research to high light the current drug use practices are highly needed to improve the quality of medical care in pediatric hospitals.
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