Antibiotic administration in patients undergoing common surgical procedures in a community teaching hospital: the chaos continues. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The influence of recently published guidelines by the Surgical Infection Society (SIS) on current surgical practice are not well documented. The appropriateness of antibiotic administration in a cohort of surgical patients undergoing elective and emergency surgery in a department of surgery in an urban, community-based, private, 560-bed teaching hospital was retrospectively reviewed. The following were the criteria defining administration as appropriate as modified from SIS guidelines: Prophylactic use: (1) started prior to operation; (2) spectrum appropriate to the specific operation; (3) duration

publication date

  • May 1, 1999

Research

keywords

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antibiotic Prophylaxis
  • Bacterial Infections
  • Drug Utilization Review

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0032951929

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1007/pl00012319

PubMed ID

  • 10085388

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 23

issue

  • 5