ReviewSurgical infections2016
Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Call to Action for Surgeons.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Antibiotics and Surgical Site Infection in Expander-Based Breast Reconstruction Trial (ASSERT).Annals of surgical oncology · 2026Trial
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- Antibiotic prophylaxis in pediatric surgery: when more is not better-or safer.Pediatric surgery international · 2026Review
- Perioperative drug management in non-critical companion animals: a retrospective study at a Spanish veterinary teaching hospital (2018-2022).The veterinary quarterly · 2025Article
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- Knowledge, attitudes and practices toward risk of basic nosocomial infection control among pediatric healthcare workers: a cross-sectional study in Nanjing, China.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Rationalizing irrational prescribing-infection-related attitudes and practices across paediatric surgery specialties in a hospital in South India.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2024Article
- Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis: A Proposal for a Global Evidence-Based Bundle.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Declaration on infection prevention and management in global surgery.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2023Article
- Impact of the Five-Year Intervention of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on the Optimal Selection of Surgical Prophylaxis in a Hospital without Antibiotic Prescription Restrictions in Costa Rica: A Retrospective Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Ten golden rules for optimal antibiotic use in hospital settings: the WARNING call to action.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2023Review
- Source control in emergency general surgery: WSES, GAIS, SIS-E, SIS-A guidelines.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2023Review
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Clean Hand Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Analysis of Major and Minor Complications.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2023Article
- [Critical points to implement an antibiotic form for management of surgical wound infection].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2023Observational
- Awareness of infection care terms among outpatients and carers in a public health facility: a cross-sectional survey.Wellcome open research · 2023Article
- Evaluating a pilot, structured, face-to-face, antimicrobial stewardship, prospective audit-and-feedback program in emergency general surgery service in a community hospital.Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2023Article
- Association between duration of antimicrobial prophylaxis and postoperative outcomes after lumbar spine surgery.Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2022Article
- Identification of Intervention Opportunities through Assessment of the Appropriateness of Antibiotic Prescribing in Surgical Patients in a UK Hospital Using a National Audit Tool: A Single Centre Retrospective Audit.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Surgeons, Infectious Diseases, and Twitter Hit a Home Run for Antibiotic Stewardship.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2022Article
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Abstract
Despite current antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) being advocated by infectious disease specialists and discussed by national and international policy makers, ASPs coverage remains limited to only certain hospitals as well as specific service lines within hospitals. The ASPs incorporate a variety of strategies to optimize antimicrobial agent use in the hospital, yet the exact set of interventions essential to ASP success remains unknown. Promotion of ASPs across clinical practice is crucial to their success to ensure standardization of antimicrobial agent use within an institution. To effectively accomplish this standardization, providers who actively engage in antimicrobial agent prescribing should participate in the establishment and support of these programs. Hence, surgeons need to play a major role in these collaborations. Surgeons must be aware that judicious antibiotic utilization is an integral part of any stewardship program and necessary to maximize clinical cure and minimize emergence of antimicrobial resistance. The battle against antibiotic resistance should be fought by all healthcare professionals. If surgeons around the world participate in this global fight and demonstrate awareness of the major problem of antimicrobial resistance, they will be pivotal leaders. If surgeons fail to actively engage and use antibiotics judiciously, they will find themselves deprived of the autonomy to treat their patients.
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