Table 2 Practice and appropriateness of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery patients in TASH (N = 131)
Practice of antimicrobial prophylaxis(AMP) | N (%) |
|---|---|
Preoperative AMP provision | |
Yes | 90 (68.7) |
No | 41 (31.3) |
Preoperative provided antibiotics | |
Ceftriaxone | 76 (84.5) |
Ceftriaxone and metronidazole | 12 (13.3) |
Ampicillin | 2 (2.2) |
Time of administration of preoperative AMP (h) | |
≤ 1 | 34 (37.8) |
>1 | 56 (62.2) |
Duration of postoperative AMP (h) | |
≤ 24 | 10 (11.1) |
> 24 | 80 (88.9) |
Indication of AMP | |
Indicated and administered | 73 (91.25%) |
Not indicated and not administered | 34 (66.7%) |
Indicated but not administered | 7 (8.75%) |
Not indicated but administered | 17 (33.3%) |