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Comparative Study
Improvement of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis: a prospective evaluation of personalized antibiotic kits.
- M Carlès, S Gindre, N Aknouch, B Goubaux, A Mousnier, and M Raucoules-Aimé.
- Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital of Nice, Nice, France. carles.m@chu-nice.fr
- J. Hosp. Infect. 2006 Mar 1;62(3):372-5.
AbstractThis prospective study compared personalized surgical antibiotic prophylaxis kits (SAPKs) with freely prescribed antibiotics. SAPKs use significantly enhanced national guidelines on surgical antibiotic prophylaxis application (82% vs 41%, P < 0.001), and result in limited errors in terms of antibiotic choice (3% vs 28%, P < 0.001), timing of administration (12% vs 24%, P = 0.003) and prophylaxis duration (1.5% vs 22%, P < 0.001), thereby demonstrating their effectiveness.
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