Implications of infection control care bundles: a 12-year surveillance study of bacteraemia caused by Gram-negative bacteria

Results A total of 405 patients ranged in age from 10-76 years old, were included in this study.Majority of the used antibiotic were administered preoperative before skin incision (88.8%), and only (9.1%) continued post operative for 3-5 days due to presence of high risk for infection.About (93.4%) of the procedures had full compliance with the guidelines.The most common causes of the non compliance were related to timing (51%); either prolonged more than 60 minutes before incision, or administered after tourniquet application. ConclusionThe study revealed that the hospital surgical prophylaxis policy which focused on the surgical safety checklist and availability of the antibiotic with the patient during transfer to operation theater enhanced the quality of antibiotic use and scored high compliance with the international recommendations for antibiotic use.

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