Open AccessAn audit of perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis: Compliance with the international guidelines
Author(s) -
Sarah Mousavi,
Elham Zamani,
Faranak Bahrami
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of research in pharmacy practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2319-9644
pISSN - 2279-042X
DOI - 10.4103/jrpp.jrpp_16_164
Subject(s) - medicine , guideline , antibiotic prophylaxis , dosing , perioperative , audit , antimicrobial , intensive care medicine , antibiotics , emergency medicine , surgery , chemistry , management , organic chemistry , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology
Antimicrobial prophylaxis has been demonstrated to lower the incidence of postoperative infection in nearly all types of surgery. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) guideline summarizes current data on the appropriate use of antibiotic for surgical prophylaxis. The objective of this study was to assess and audit the use of antibiotics in a tertiary care center according to the recommendation of ASHP guideline.