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Chemoprophylaxis in the surgical ward: Results of a national survey in Italy

✍ Scribed by N. Mozzillo; D. Greco; A. Pescini; A. Formato

Publisher
Springer
Year
1988
Tongue
English
Weight
239 KB
Volume
4
Category
Article
ISSN
0393-2990

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✦ Synopsis

As part of a national program for the control of hospital acquired infections, a survey on the use of antibiotic chemoprophylaxis was conducted in 1050 public hospitals in Italy (95% of the total number of hospitals in the country). In each hospital, the chief of the general surgery ward was interviewed by means of a standard mail questionnaire.

Answers ~Β’ere obtained from 479 surgeons (45.6%) after two mailings. More than 60% of these reported that they used chemoprophylaxis in clean surgery (mastectomy, splenectomy, hernioplasty). More than 80% used antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery in which antimicrobial prophylaxis is facultative (i.e. elective colecystectomy, gastric resection), and 97.1% used antibiotic prophylaxis in large bowel surgery.

The authors recorded starting times and ,duration of chemoprophylaxis. Cephalosporins were found to be the most commonly used antibiotics followed by penicillin.

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