Open AccessCurrent Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Practices: A Survey of Orthopaedic Surgeons in India
Author(s) -
John Ashutosh Santoshi,
Prateek Behera,
Mukesh Nagar,
Ramesh Kumar Sen,
Anirban Chatterjee
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.1007/s43465-020-00306-0
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , antibiotics , orthopedic surgery , family medicine , surgery , nursing , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) has become the standard of care in orthopaedic surgery. Inappropriate usage of antibiotics (dosage, strength, and/or administration time and duration) can inadvertently result in superadded infections and antimicrobial resistance. The purpose of this study was to document and analyse the prescription patterns for SAP, and to investigate the factors associated with divergence from standard guidelines.