Open AccessPerioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis: An Educative Intervention Significantly Increases Compliance
Author(s) -
Eirini Martzivanou,
Kyriakos Psarras,
Panagiotis M. Monioudis,
Kyriakos Vamvakis,
Christiikolaidou,
Georgios Geropoulos,
Efstathios T Pavlidis,
Nikolaos Symeonidis,
Theodosios Pavlidis
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical medicine research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1918-3011
pISSN - 1918-3003
DOI - 10.14740/jocmr4447
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , intervention (counseling) , antibiotic prophylaxis , audit , inguinal hernia , cholecystectomy , compliance (psychology) , antibiotics , nursing , general surgery , surgery , hernia , management , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , psychology , social psychology
Implementation of guidelines in daily clinical practice is often suboptimal, mainly due to doctors' poor compliance with them. Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis (PAP) is many times administered in patients undergoing elective surgery without proper indication or for longer time than needed. Aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a simple intervention on the compliance of the medical staff with the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) guidelines concerning PAP administration.