Adherence to American Society of Health-System Pharmacists surgical antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines in Iran.
We assessed the appropriateness of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in 6 teaching hospitals in Shiraz, Iran, using the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists guideline as a reference. We reviewed the medical records of 1,000 patients who underwent 1 of 9 different surgical procedures (1 procedure per patient). The proportion of procedures in which there was compliance with all guideline recommendations was 0.3%. The most common mistakes were overuse and misuse of antibiotics.
Askarian
Mehrdad
M
Department of Community Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. askariam@sums.ac.ir
Moravveji
Ali Reza
AR
Mirkhani
Hossein
H
Namazi
Soha
S
Weed
Harrison
H
D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000379:methods; D003187:Compliance; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000592:standards*