List Of Abbreviations

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

ABBRIVIATIONS DESCRIPTIONS

WHO World Health Organization

AMR Antimicrobial Resistance

URTI Upper Respiratory Tract Infection

LRTI Left Respiratory Tract Infection

NDD Nature Deficit Disorder

MICU Medical Intensive Care Unit

DDD Defined Daily Dose

ATC Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical

TH Teaching Hospital

NTH Non-Teaching Hospital

I.V Intra venous

I.M Intra muscular

ED Emergency Department

TB Tuberculosis

RTI Respiratory Tract Infection

CVD Cardio Vascular Disease

UTI Urinary Tract Infection

COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

AM Anti-Microbial Agent

SD Standard Deviation

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OPD Out Patient Department

BC Blood Culture

MRD Medical Report Department

PHCFs Primary Health Care Facilities

PHs Private Hospitals

SA South African

CI Confidence Interval

OR Odd Ratio

ENT Ear Nose and Throat

FDC Fixed Dose Combination

HAI Health associated infection

SSI Surgical site infection

VRE Vancomycin resistant entercoli

VRSA Vancomycin resistant staphylococcus aureus

VISA Vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus

Aureus
ASHP American society of Health system
pharmacists
IDSA Infection disease society of America

SHEA Society of health care epidemiology of

America
SIS Surgical infection society

NNIS Nosocomial infection surveillance

SAP Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis

SCIP Surgical care improvement process

DM Diabetes mellitus

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HTN Hypertension

AMA Appropriate anti-microbial agent

MRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

SIGN Scottish Intercollegiate guideline network

NHFPC National health and family planning

commission
ACOG American college of obstetricians and
Gynecologist
CDC center for disease control

AHA American Heart association

FDA Food and drug administration

NHSN National healthcare safety network

HICPAC Healthcare infection control practices Advisory

Committee
CMS Centres for medicare and madicaid Services

SCI The surgical care improvement program

VAD Ventricular assist devices

CPB Cardiac pulmonary bypass

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