ArticleJournal of Taibah University Medical Sciences2020
Adherence to the guidelines for surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis in a Saudi tertiary care hospital.
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- Compliance with preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis in cesarean delivery and its impact on surgical site infections: A national retrospective study of Jordan.Global health research and policy · 2026Article
- Patterns of Surgical Prophylaxis Prescribing for Dentoalveolar Procedures in Australian Hospitals: 2016-2022.Australian dental journal · 2026Article
- "A breach in the protocol for no good reason": a surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis experience in an Ethiopian academic medical center.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2023Article
- The Burden of Surgical Site Infection at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia and Related Postoperative Outcomes: A Prospective Surveillance Study.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Choice of Antimicrobials in Surgical Prophylaxis - Overuse and Surgical Site Infection Outcomes from a Tertiary-Level Care Hospital.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2022Article
- Barriers and Facilitators in Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis: A Mixed-Methods Study in a Small Island Setting.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Key Issues Surrounding Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Prevention of Surgical Site Infections in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Narrative Review and the Implications.International journal of general medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe study evaluated the adherence to the guidelines for surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis in a Saudi tertiary care hospital.
methodsThe medical records of 707 patients from the surgical units over a selected 3-month period were selected. The data were reviewed and statistically analysed.
resultsOf the 707 respondents, 51.2% were women and most were older than 50 years. The most common surgical procedures involved orthopaedics (28.3%), followed by vascular surgery (15.1%). One hundred and thirty-eight (19.5%) patients received antibiotics according to the guidelines for surgical prophylaxis. More than half of the patients (399/56.4%) received antibiotics for more than 24 h and 129 (18.2%) received antibiotics for less than 24 h. Single dose antibiotic therapy was used in 179 (25.3%) patients. Two hundred and ninety-seven (42%) patients underwent clean surgery, 284 (40%) clean-contaminated and 128 (18%) contaminated surgery. A significant difference was evident between the antibiotics administered according to the recommended guidelines and the duration of antibiotic therapy (
conclusionThe findings of this study suggest that healthcare professionals do not strictly adhere to the guidelines for surgical antibiotic prophylaxis. Physicians are therefore encouraged to follow the recommendations appropriately and to regularly implement surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis for patient safety.
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