Journal article
Prolonged postprocedural antimicrobial use: A survey of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network
Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.40(11), pp.1281-1283
11/2019
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.242
PMID: 31466542
Abstract
Continuing surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis after the incision is closed is not recommended in current guidelines. Our survey found that only 30.8% of hospitals had fully adopted these new recommendations. Feedback on prophylaxis duration was infrequently provided. Promoting guideline-concordant surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis discontinuation is an important target for future stewardship interventions.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Prolonged postprocedural antimicrobial use: A survey of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network
- Creators
- Mireia Puig-Asensio - Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IowaEli N Perencevich - Center for Access & Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE), Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, IowaDaniel J Livorsi - Center for Access & Delivery Research and Evaluation (CADRE), Iowa City VA Health Care System, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Infection control and hospital epidemiology, Vol.40(11), pp.1281-1283
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1017/ice.2019.242
- PMID
- 31466542
- ISSN
- 1559-6834
- eISSN
- 1559-6834
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/2019
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Epidemiology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984001245902771
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