Audit of pre-operative antibiotic prophylaxis usage in elective surgical procedures in two teaching hospitals, Islamabad, Pakistan: An observational cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: An audit of the antibiotic prophylaxis in surgical procedures is the basic area of antimicrobial stewardship programme. The current research aimed to evaluate the adherence-proportion of the pre-operative antibiotic prophylaxis (PAP) practices in common elective surgical procedures. It was an eight-month (January 2017 to August 2017) observational cross-sectional patients' treatment record-based study conducted at two tertiary care teaching hospitals of Islamabad, Pakistan. We investigated the three most commonly performed elective general surgical procedures at the hospitals in adults aged > 18 years with no previous infection or surgery. The required data were extracted from the medical charts. Current prescribing practices were compared with the standard prescribing guidelines. A total

SUBMITTER: Khan Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7138312 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature