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An Audit of Perioperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis: Compliance with the International Guidelines.
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- Extended antibiotic prophylaxis beyond 24 h after pancreatic surgery: prevalence and risk factors.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis: A Proposal for a Global Evidence-Based Bundle.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Assessment of antimicrobial prescribing patterns, guidelines compliance, and appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing in surgical-practice units: point prevalence survey in Malaysian teaching hospitals.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- Antibiotic prophylaxis compliance differences in surgery and gynecology/obstetrics services in Huánuco, Peru.Le infezioni in medicina · 2023Article
- Appropriateness of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis in a teaching hospital in Ghana: findings and implications.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2022Article
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- The compliance of surgical prophylactic antibiotics with standard protocols in Imam Reza teaching hospital of Birjand, Iran.Iranian journal of microbiology · 2021Article
- Perceptions of surgeons on surgical antibiotic prophylaxis use at an urban tertiary hospital in Tanzania.PloS one · 2021Article
- Factors associated with antimicrobial choice for surgical prophylaxis in Australia.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2020Article
- Appropriateness of Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Practices in Australia.JAMA network open · 2019Article
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- Antibiotic utilization pattern for surgical site infection prophylaxis at Dil Chora Referral Hospital Surgical Ward, Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia.BMC research notes · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveAntimicrobial prophylaxis has been demonstrated to lower the incidence of postoperative infection in nearly all types of surgery. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) guideline summarizes current data on the appropriate use of antibiotic for surgical prophylaxis. The objective of this study was to assess and audit the use of antibiotics in a tertiary care center according to the recommendation of ASHP guideline.
methodsThis cross-sectional study was performed using prospective data gathered from April to September 2015 in the surgical wards of Al Zahra Hospital, Isfahan, Iran. Antibiotic indication and choice, dose, dosing interval, route of administration, and timing of first administration and duration of prophylaxis were compared with the ASHP guideline recommendations.
findingsA total of 100 patients with the mean age of 49.8 ± 18.2 years were recruited for this study. About 22% of procedures had full compliance with all guideline recommendations. The most frequently encounter noncompliance type were the duration of prophylaxis (14%) and appropriate agent choice (35%). Timing of the initial dose was appropriate in most of the procedures (42%).
conclusionThis study revealed that most of the prescribed antibiotics for surgical prophylaxis are not in accordance with standard treatment guideline. The density of antimicrobial use for preoperative antimicrobial prophylaxis is very high. Furthermore, the hospital should develop a formal strategy, including a local guideline for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgical procedures.
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