Research Article

Adherence of Surgeons to Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Guidelines in a Tertiary General Hospital in a Rapidly Developing Country

Table 2

Assessment of surgeon adherence to antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines.

ComplianceNoncompliance value

Surgery class
 Clean31 (56.4)24 (43.6)0.024
 Clean contaminated16 (34.8)30 (65.2)
Surgery type
 Orthosurgery 15 (31.9) 13 (24.1) 0.231
 GI surgery 18 (38.3) 18 (33.3)
 CABG7 (14.9) 4 (7.4)
 OMF0 (0) 4 (7.4)
Surgery involves artificial device 2 (4.3) 4 (7.4)
Neurosurgery 3 (6.4)4 (7.4)
Urologic surgery2 (4.3)7 (13)

Results in parentheses are showing percentages.