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Table 1 Characteristics of selected hospitals

From: Causality and preventability assessment of adverse drug events of antibiotics among inpatients having different lengths of hospital stay: a multicenter, cross-sectional study in Lahore, Pakistan

Sr. no.

Characteristics

Mayo hospital

Jinnah hospital

General hospital

Services hospital

1

Number of beds

2400

1500

1300

1196

2

Inpatients visit last year

343, 114

217, 245

134, 491

125, 868

3

Prescribers/Medical officers

550

348

300

274

4

Nurses

500

313

271

249

5

Pharmacists/Dispensers

30

19

16

14

8

a Other paramedical staff

671

445

382

304

10

Existence of pharmacovigilance center in hospital

No

No

No

No

11

Maintenance of ADR registers

No

No

No

No

  1. aOther Paramedical staff includes; medical technicians, ward boys, and sweepers