[The results of provisions for the rational use of antimicrobial drugs--survey in a regional polyclinic].
The author discusses the effect of provisions for the rational use of antimicrobial drugs, issued at the end of 1986. He draws attention to the reduced frequency of antimicrobial treatment in the first half of 1987 in surgeries of the territorial polyclinic, as compared with the same period in 1985. The decline is significant even after standardization with regard to the more favourable epidemiological situation in 1987, as compared with 1985. The author also draws attention to the significant rise of the number of microbiological examinations in conjunction with antimicrobial treatment. He evaluates the general decline of consumption of antimicrobial drugs by 30% in the catchment area of the polyclinic and the altered structure of prescribed antimicrobial drugs. The results of the work, which has the character of a pilot study, indicate the favourable effect of the mentioned provisions for the rational treatment with antimicrobial drugs.