<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In surgical practice, antibacterial prophylaxis (AP) is widely used to reduce the risk of possible infectious complications; it is not always administrated according to evidence-based clinical indications. Administration of AP in cases when its inefficiency for exact situation has been scientifically proven, should be considered as unwarranted. A one-year-long retrospective analysis of AP cases in the Department of Vascular Surgery of Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital was performed and the results were broadly analyzed within the local structural unit. It was followed by the development of the local guidelines for administration of antibiotics, as a result, a significant decrease in cases of unwarranted AP has been achieved.</p></abstract>

In surgical practice, antibacterial prophylaxis (AP) is widely used to reduce the risk of possible infectious complications; it is not always administrated according to evidence-based clinical indications. Administration of AP in cases when its inefficiency for exact situation has been scientifically proven, should be considered as unwarranted. A one-year-long retrospective analysis of AP cases in the Department of Vascular Surgery of Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital was performed and the results were broadly analyzed within the local structural unit. It was followed by the development of the local guidelines for administration of antibiotics, as a result, a significant decrease in cases of unwarranted AP has been achieved.

Postoperative Antibacterial Prophylaxis in Vascular Surgery: Analysis of its Parameters Before and After Evaluation of Justification of Chosen Indications

Acta Chirurgica Latviensis

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In surgical practice, antibacterial prophylaxis (AP) is widely used to reduce the risk of possible infectious complications; it is not always administrated...

Postoperative Antibacterial Prophylaxis in Vascular Surgery: Analysis of its Parameters Before and After Evaluation of Justification of Chosen Indications

Published Online: Nov 18, 2020

Page range: 48 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/chilat-2020-0012

Keywords
antibacterial prophylaxis, vascular surgery

© 2020 Edgars Supols, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Postoperative Antibacterial Prophylaxis in Vascular Surgery: Analysis of its Parameters Before and After Evaluation of Justification of Chosen Indications

Published Online: Nov 18, 2020

Page range: 48 - 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/chilat-2020-0012

Keywordsantibacterial prophylaxis, vascular surgery

© 2020 Edgars Supols, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
antibacterial prophylaxis, vascular surgery