Appropriateness of Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Practices in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP) is a common indication for antibiotic use in hospitals and is associated with high rates of inappropriateness.

Objective

To describe the SAP prescribing practices and assess hospital, surgical, and patient factors associated with appropriate SAP prescribing.

Design, setting, and participants

Multicenter, national, quality improvement study with retrospective analysis of data collected from Australian hospitals via Surgical National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey audits from January 1, 2016, to June 30, 2018. Data were analyzed using multivariable logistic regression. Crude estimates of appropriateness were adjusted for factors included in the model by calculating estimated marginal means and presented as adjusted-a

SUBMITTER: Ierano C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6902799 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature