Research Article
Adherence of Surgeons to Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Guidelines in a Tertiary General Hospital in a Rapidly Developing Country
| | Country | Study duration (months) | Overall compliance rate (%) of SAP guidelines | Reason for noncompliance with SAP guidelines | | Inappropriate antibiotic | Inappropriate antibiotic selection (%) | Inappropriate administration of indicated SAP (%) | | Duration (%) | Time of administration for 1st dose (%) |
| | Brazil [17] | 5 | 4.9 | 95.2 | 15.3 | 19.1 | 98.1 | | Australia [18] | 33 | — | 12.4 | 7.1 | 1.7% | — | | Italy [19] | 1 | 44.8 | — | 24.3 | — | 17.3 | | Greece [20] | 10 | — | 63.7 | 0.0 | 30 | 19 | | Jordan [21] | 3 | — | 60.6 | 0.9 | 98.3 | 0 | | India [22] | — | — | | 87 | — | 19 | | Eritrea [23] | 3 | — | — | — | — | 34 | | Germany [24] | 6 | 70.7 | 32.9 | — | — | — | | Present study | 3 | 46.5 | 59.3 | — | 31.5 | 9.2 |
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SAP: surgical antibiotic prophylaxis.
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