Compliance of antibiotics used for surgical site infection prophylaxis among patients undergoing surgery in a Congolese teaching hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) is one of the measures used for preventing surgical site infections. SAP has high impact but there is low compliance with antimicrobial guidelines in many developing countries like the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This study aimed to assess the compliance of antibiotics used for surgical site infection prophylaxis with international guidelines among patients undergoing surgery at the "Cliniques Universitaires du Graben" (CUG).

Methods

This was a retrospective study including all patients who underwent surgery and received SAP between January 2017 and December 2018 at CUG. Surgical and Gynaecology-Obstetric patients were included. A total of 265 patients were included in the analysis. A standardized questionnaire was used

SUBMITTER: Bunduki GK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8336289 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature