Prophylactic use of antibiotics for clean operative procedures

Abstract

To present the current situation of prophylactic use of antibiotics for clean operative procedures in the department of surgery of our hospital, a total of 2000 cases with clean operative procedures were randomly selected from January 2011 to June 2011 and reviewed. Results showed all patients received prophylactic use of antibiotics (100%), which was performed at 0.5 to 2 h before surgery in 1204 cases (60.2%), at >2 h before surgery in 452 cases (22.6%), before and during surgery in 19 cases (0.95%) and after surgery in 325 cases (16.25%). Cephalosporin antibiotics were the most frequently used in 1883 cases (94.15%). Combination application of antibiotics was found in 254 cases (12.7%). The indications for prophylactic use of antibiotics in patients undergoing clean operative procedures are extensive, high-level antibiotics are used, the time of antibiotic delivery is improper and the post-operative application of antibiotics is long. Therefore, it is imperative to control the improper prophylactic application of antibiotics and develop strict principles for prophylactic application of antibiotics. ©2011 Academic Journals.