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Table 3 Comparison of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis in procedures conducted in the Orthopaedics and Traumatology Surgical Unit of TASH from September 2012–September 2013 (N = 200) with guidelines recommendations

From: Assessment of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis in Orthopaedics and Traumatology Surgical Unit of a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Addis Ababa

Prophylactic antibiotics

N (%)

Indicated and administered

82 (41)

Not indicated and not administered

30 (15)

Indicated but not administered

10 (5)

Not indicated but administered

78 (39)