caa a22 4500 606247807 CHVBK 20210128101347.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12262-015-1297-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12262-015-1297-5 Effects of an Educational Module in Rationalizing Surgical Prophylaxis [Elektronische Daten] [Neena Nagdeo, R. Sonarkar, V. Thombare, M. Akhtar, S. Dasgupta] Assessment of current antibiotic prescribing patterns is an important step towards appropriate use of antimicrobial agents. This study was planned to know the surgical prophylaxis practices and the influence of educational intervention. In this educational interventional study, only clean and clean-contaminated surgeries were included. Preinterventional study was done by collecting data regarding the use of surgical prophylaxis in the Department of Surgery. After analyzing the preinterventional data, educational intervention was done. A pretest questionnaire was given to all the surgeons to assess knowledge and practice of surgical prophylaxis in our institute. The questionnaire was designed to collect information regarding the use of prophylactic antibiotic, its duration, time of administration, and prevention of surgical site infections (SSI). In our study, third-generation cephalosporin was used in maximum cases in preinterventional analysis and prophylaxis was continued for 3-5days. Surgeon's decision in selecting a prophylactic agent was based on information taken from departmental colleagues or drug companies. Two or more doses of antibiotic were used even when duration of surgery did not exceed more than two and half hours. Definite improvement was seen after the education where single antibiotic was used as prophylactic drug and the first dose of antibiotic was administered 30 to 60min before incision. This shows that educational intervention makes a change in antibiotic prescribing habit. Hence, there is an urgent need for adoption of specific guidelines to ensure standardization of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis practices in hospitals. Association of Surgeons of India, 2015 Surgical prophylaxis nationallicence Educational intervention nationallicence Prophylactic antibiotic nationallicence Cephalosporins nationallicence Nagdeo Neena Department of Microbiology, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Wana Dongri, 440019, Hingna, Nagpur, India aut Sonarkar R. Department of Surgery, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, India aut Thombare V. Department of Microbiology, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Wana Dongri, 440019, Hingna, Nagpur, India aut Akhtar M. Department of Surgery, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, India aut Dasgupta S. NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, India aut Indian Journal of Surgery Springer India 77/4(2015-08-01), 290-296 0972-2068 77:4<290 2015 77 12262 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-015-1297-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12262-015-1297-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nagdeo Neena Department of Microbiology, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Wana Dongri, 440019, Hingna, Nagpur, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sonarkar R. Department of Surgery, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thombare V. Department of Microbiology, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Wana Dongri, 440019, Hingna, Nagpur, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Akhtar M. Department of Surgery, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dasgupta S. NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Indian Journal of Surgery Springer India 77/4(2015-08-01), 290-296 0972-2068 77:4<290 2015 77 12262