| Title |
Appropriateness of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis for breast surgery procedures
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, February 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11096-017-0434-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Smeem Jaber, Crystal Rogers, Bruce Sunderland, Richard Parsons, Sarah MacKenzie, Jason Seet, Petra Czarniak |
| Abstract |
Background Guidelines for the appropriate use of antibiotic prophylaxis are provided in the Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotics (eTG) in Australia. Inappropriate use of antibiotics is problematic. Objective To examine adherence with therapeutic guidelines (eTG) in breast surgery and trends in non-adherence dependent on the type of breast surgery performed. Setting Major Western Australian teaching hospital. Method A retrospective cross-sectional study reviewed a random sample of 150 from 1049 eligible medical records of patients who underwent a breast surgical procedure in 2013 or 2014. Main outcome measure Adherence to the eTG. Results Antibiotic prophylaxis was prescribed for 139 (92.7%) operations. Adherence to the eTG occurred in 20 (13.3%) operations, whilst 11 (7.3%) did not adhere to any element of the eTG. Appropriate timing was the main factor not adhered to. Postoperative antibiotics were prescribed following 35 (23.3%) operations, with 32 (91.4%) administered beyond 24 h. Length of stay was significantly different (p = 0.0036) between surgical groups. There was a tendency for risk of an infection to be decreased with adherence (odds ratio: 0.23; 95% CI: 0.05, 1.07; p = 0.06). Conclusion Adherence to the eTG was low (13.3%), despite a decreased risk of SSI when guidelines were followed. |
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| Australia | 1 | 100% |
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| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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| Unknown | 23 | 100% |
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| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 17% |
| Researcher | 3 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 9% |
| Lecturer > Senior Lecturer | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 3 | 13% |
| Unknown | 6 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 35% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 4% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 10 | 43% |
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