Open AccessAn observational study of perioperative antibiotic-prophylaxis use at a major quaternary care and referral hospital in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Yasser Younis A Tolba,
Ahmed Osama El-Kabbani,
NorAldeen Suhail Al-Kayyali
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/sja.sja_187_17
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , observational study , referral , antibiotic prophylaxis , context (archaeology) , antibiotics , tertiary referral hospital , emergency medicine , medical record , retrospective cohort study , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , surgery , family medicine , paleontology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The use of perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis has been consistently considered an effective means of reducing the risk of surgical site infections. However, inappropriate use of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis is associated with complications such as reduced treatment efficacy, development of antibiotic resistance, and increased health-care costs.