Why the study?
Does an educational intervention and protocol implementation improve the timing of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgical patients?
Population
Surgical patients in three surgical departments of a university hospital and one operating department of a…
Comparison
Intervention programme of education of surgeons… vs Pre-intervention timing of surgical…
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Educational protocols may boost prophylaxis timing adherence; leaves open whether RCTs confirm infection reductions.
Does an educational intervention and protocol implementation improve the timing of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgical patients?
An educational intervention and protocol implementation significantly improved adherence to optimal timing and single-dose administration of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis.
Gyssens et al. (1996) studied this question.
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