Open AccessOutcome of restricted antibiotic policy in a tertiary-level paediatric surgical unit
Author(s) -
Mamatha Basavaraju,
Anand Alladi,
Deepti Vepakomma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
african journal of paediatric surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.163
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 0189-6725
pISSN - 0974-5998
DOI - 10.4103/ajps.ajps_127_20
Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotics , antibiotic prophylaxis , surgery , infection control , surgical site infection , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The purpose was to evaluate the effect of a more restrictive antibiotic policy on infective complications, mainly surgical-site infection (SSI) in clean and clean contaminated surgeries in children.