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The effect of triclosan coated sutures on rate of Surgical Site Infection after hip and knee replacement : a protocol for a double-blind randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2014
Background: 187,000 hip and knee joint replacements are performed every year in the National Health Service (NHS). One of the commonest complications is surgical site infection (SSI), and this represents a significant burden in terms of patient ...
Reed, Mike R., Parsons, Nicholas R., Andrew P Sprowson, Roland Pratt, Asaad, Seif, Kevin Emmerson, Seif Asaad, Scott Muller, Cyrus D Jensen, Nick Parsons, Pratt, Roland, Muller, Scott, Mike R Reed, Ian Carluke, Paul Partington, Jensen, Cyrus D., Partington, Paul, Carluke, Ian, Sprowson, Andrew P., Emmerson, Kevin   +19 more
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Antibiotic Prophylaxis Trials in Obstetrics: A Call for Pediatric Collaboration

American Journal of Perinatology Reports, 2020
Surgical site infections are common complications of cesarean delivery. Many recent studies, including meta-analyses, have assessed the efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis.
Rodney A. McLaren, Fouad Atallah, Howard Minkoff   +2 more
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Studi Literatur tentang Kuantitatif Penggunaan Antibiotik pada Bangsal Bedah dengan DDD

Keluwih, 2020
— Antibiotic resistance is one of the healthcare problems associated with higher medical costs, prolonged hospital stays, and increased mortality rate. Monitoring antibiotic usage purposed to control the incidence of antibiotic resistance.
Ervin Colyn, Fauna Herawati, Rika Yulia
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Variation in practice for preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis: a survey from an academic tertiary referral center in the United States

Patient Safety in Surgery, 2021
Background Antibiotic surgical prophylaxis is a core strategy for prevention of surgical site infections (SSI). Despite best practice guidelines and known efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis in decreasing SSI risk, there is often wide variation in its use.
Nikhil Ailaney, Elizabeth Zielinski, Michelle Doll, Gonzalo M. Bearman, Stephen L. Kates, Gregory J. Golladay   +5 more
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Antimicrobial prophylaxis outside the operating theatre, an audit in a university hospital

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background The prophylactic use of antimicrobial agents to prevent infections in non-surgical situations has hardly been investigated. We investigate the extent, indications and appropriateness of antimicrobial prophylaxis given outside the operating ...
Jan W. T. Deelen, Caroline E. Visser, Jan M. Prins, Reinier M. van Hest   +3 more
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Antibiotic Prophylaxis In Preventing Surgical Site Infection In Patients Undergoing Lichtenstein’s Hernioplasty

Journal of Bahria University Medical and Dental College, 2021
Objective: To determine the antibiotic prophylaxis in preventing surgical site infection in patients undergoing Lichtenstein’s hernioplasty. Study design: Observational study Place and Duration: Department of surgery, ISRA University Hospital, Hyderabad.
Rizwanullah Junaid Bhanbhro, Khalil Ahmed Almani, Sadia Kazi   +2 more
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A Point Prevalence Survey of Antibiotic Use in 18 Hospitals in Egypt

Antibiotics, 2014
Inappropriate antibiotic use leads to increased risk of antibiotic resistance and other adverse outcomes. The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence and characteristics of antibiotic use in Egyptian hospitals to identify opportunities ...
Maha Talaat, Tamer Saied, Amr Kandeel, Gehad A. Abo El-Ata, Amani El-Kholy, Soad Hafez, Ashraf Osman, Mohamed Abdel Razik, Ghada Ismail, Sherine El-Masry, Rami Galal, Mohamad Yehia, Amira Amer, David P. Calfee   +13 more
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Compliance with Antibiotics Prophylaxis Guideline in Surgical Patients in ICUs of a Teaching Referral Hospital

Health Services Insights, 2022
Antimicrobial prophylaxis used for surgical procedures remains one of the measures for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs). The present study was designed to assess the compliance with clinical practice guideline for antimicrobial ...
Afsaneh Vazin, Nazafarin Hatami-Mazinani, Effat Alemzadeh, Fatemeh Dehghani, Motahareh Mahi-Birjand   +4 more
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Surgeons behavior toward prophylaxis antibiotics in sanglah hospital

Bali Journal of Anesthesiology, 2018
Background: The emergence of antibiotic resistance is a complicated problem due to many factors, especially its use and abuse. Inappropriate use of antibiotics is very common in both developed and developing countries.
Wayan Suranadi, Dewa Made Sukrama, Ni Nyoman Sri Budayanti, Adinda Putra Pradhana, Yusuf Sidang Amin   +4 more
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Ten years of surveillance for invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae during the era of antiretroviral scale-up and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in Malawi. [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To document trends in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in a central hospital in Malawi during the period of national scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis.
Mavuto Mukaka, Gordon, Stephen, French Neil, Molyneux, Malcolm, Stephen B Gordon, Neil French, van Oosterhout Joep J., Denis, Brigitte, French, Neil, Brigitte Denis, Malcolm Molyneux, Molyneux, Elizabeth M, Robert S. Heyderman, Carrol, Enitan D., Elizabeth M Molyneux, Molyneux, Elizabeth M., Mukaka, Mavuto, Joep J van Oosterhout, Heyderman Robert S., Robert S Heyderman, Dean B Everett, van Oosterhout, Joep J, Everett Dean B., Gordon Stephen B., Carrol, Enitan D, Molyneux Malcolm, Dean B. Everett, Enitan D. Carrol, Gordon, Stephen B, Mukaka Mavuto, van Oosterhout, Joep J., Elizabeth M. Molyneux, Denis Brigitte, Stephen B. Gordon, Joep J. van Oosterhout, Heyderman, Robert S., Everett, Dean B, Heyderman, Robert S, Everett, Dean B., Molyneux Elizabeth M., Carrol Enitan D., Enitan D Carrol   +41 more
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