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Adherence to American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Guidelines in Iran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Mehrdad Askarian ,
Ali Reza Moraweji ,
Hossein Mirkhani ,
Soha Namazi  and
Harrison Weed
Mehrdad Askarian*
Affiliation:
Departments of Community Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Ali Reza Moraweji
Affiliation:
Departments of Community Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Hossein Mirkhani
Affiliation:
Pharmacology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Soha Namazi
Affiliation:
Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Harrison Weed
Affiliation:
Division of General Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
*
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, PO Box 71345-1737, Shiraz, Iran (askariam@sums.ac.ir)
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Abstract

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.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 8 , August 2006 , pp. 876 - 878
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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