The impact of guidelines on peri-operative antibiotic administration
| Autor: | D.I. Lawley, J.R. Ausobsky, I. McDermott, S. Dobrzanski, M. Selby |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Pharmacology
Partially successful Postoperative Care medicine.medical_specialty Chemotherapy medicine.drug_class business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Premedication Antibiotics Perioperative Arterial surgery Drug Prescriptions Anti-Bacterial Agents Antibiotic therapy medicine Humans Surgical Wound Infection Pharmacology (medical) Medical prescription Intensive care medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics. 16(1) |
| ISSN: | 0269-4727 |
| Popis: | A survey has shown that peri-operative antibiotic therapy was inappropriate in 83% of patients undergoing abdominal or arterial surgery. Missed doses at induction or postoperatively, a questionable choice of antibiotics and unnecessarily long postoperative courses were major problems. The introduction of formal guidelines was partially successful with appropriate prescribing improving from 17 to 60% of cases. There was, in addition, a marked reduction in prescribing costs. |
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