ArticleScientific reports2021
Assessment of implementation of antibiotic stewardship program in surgical prophylaxis at a secondary care hospital in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates.
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- Multifaceted and educational interventions to improve prescribing indicators in the Middle East and North Africa Region: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of an integrated stewardship intervention at a secondary care hospital in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates: findings from September 2018-March 2019.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2025Article
- Antimicrobial stewardship interventions in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region Countries: a scoping review of clinical, economic, and consumption outcomes.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2025Article
- Prospective Audit and Feedback of Targeted Antimicrobials Use at a Tertiary Care Hospital in the United Arab Emirates.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Ongoing Strategies to Improve Antimicrobial Utilization in Hospitals across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Findings and Implications.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Compliance with Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Obstetric and Gynecological Surgeries in Two Peruvian Hospitals.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Antibiotic prophylaxis compliance differences in surgery and gynecology/obstetrics services in Huánuco, Peru.Le infezioni in medicina · 2023Article
- Sustained Improvement of Appropriateness in Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis with the Application of Quality Control Circle.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2023Article
- Advances in the Prophylaxis of Respiratory Infections by the Nasal and the Oromucosal Route: Relevance to the Fight with the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.Pharmaceutics · 2022Review
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Abstract
Antibiotic overuse is a major factor for causing antibiotic resistance globally. However, only few studies reported the implementation and evaluation of antimicrobial stewardship programs in Gulf Cooperation Council. This study was conducted within 8-months periods to evaluate the effect of the newly implemented antibiotic stewardship program on improving the prescribing practice of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in a secondary care hospital in the United Arab Emirates by releasing local hospital guidelines. The data of 493 in patients were documented in the predesigned patient profile form and the prescribing practice of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis for clean and clean-contaminant surgical procedures was compared and analyzed two months' prior (period A) and post (period B) the implementation of antibiotic stewardship program. The 347 patient's data (PD) were analyzed during period A and 146 PD during period B. The prescription of piperacillin/tazobactam was decreased from 2.4% from all surgical prophylaxis antibiotic orders in period A to 0% in period B. The appropriateness of the antibiotic therapy was found to differ non significantly for the selection of prophylactic antibiotic (p = 0.552) and for the timing of first dose administration (p = 0.061) between A and B periods. The total compliance was decreased non significantly (P = 0.08) from 45.3 to 40.2%. Overall, the guidelines have improved the prescribing practice of antibiotics prior to surgery. However, further improvement can be achieved by initiating educational intervention via cyclic auditing strategy.
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