Open AccessAdherence to American society of health-system pharmacists surgical antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines in a teaching hospital
Author(s) -
Mohammadreza Rafati,
Atena Shiva,
Amirhossein Ahmadi,
Omran Habibi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of research in pharmacy practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2319-9644
pISSN - 2279-042X
DOI - 10.4103/2279-042x.137075
Subject(s) - medicine , cefazolin , antibiotic prophylaxis , antibiotics , guideline , ceftriaxone , medical record , gentamicin , metronidazole , pediatrics , emergency medicine , surgery , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Surgical site infections are the second most common type of adverse events occurring in hospitalized patients, whereas an estimated 40-60% of these infections are thought to be preventable. Choice of regimen, administration timing or duration of antibiotic prophylaxis is reported to be inappropriate in approximately 25-50% of cases. We tried to evaluate an antibiotic administration pattern for surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in a teaching hospital.