Tamer Saied1, Soad F Hafez2, Amr Kandeel3, Amany El-kholy4, Ghada Ismail5, Mariam Aboushady6, Ehab Attia3, Ahmed Hassaan2, Ossama Abdel-Atty2, Elham Elfekky4, Samia A Girgis5, Afaf Ismail6, Enjy Abdou7, Omar Okasha7, Maha Talaat7. 1. Global Disease Detection and Response Program (GDDRP), US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address: tamer.saeed.ctr.eg@med.navy.mil. 2. Microbiology Department and Orthopedic Department, Alexandria University Hospitals, Alexandria, Egypt. 3. Division of Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Health and Population, Cairo, Egypt. 4. Clinical Pathology Department, Cairo University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt. 5. Clinical Pathology Department, Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt. 6. Infection Control Unit and Obstetric and Gynecology Department, Zahraa University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt. 7. Global Disease Detection and Response Program (GDDRP), US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, Egypt.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To measure the impact of an antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) program on the use of antibiotics for surgical prophylaxis at acute care hospitals in Egypt. METHODS: This was a before-and-after intervention study conducted in 5 tertiary, acute-care surgical hospitals. The baseline, intervention, and follow-up periods were 3, 6, and 3 months, respectively. The impact of the intervention was measured by preintervention and postintervention surveys for surgical patients with clean and clean-contaminated wounds. Information was collected on demographic characteristics and antibiotic use. The intervention focused mainly on educating surgical staff on the optimal timing and duration of antibiotics used for surgical prophylaxis. Only 3 hospitals identified a surgeon to audit antibiotic surgical prescriptions. The primary outcome measures were the percentages of surgical patients receiving optimal timing and duration of surgical prophylaxis. RESULTS: Data were collected for 745 patients before the intervention and for 558 patients after the intervention. The optimal timing of the first dose improved significantly in 3 hospitals, increasing from 6.7% to 38.7% (P < .01), from 2.6% to 15.2% (P < .01), and from 0% to 11% (P < .01). All hospitals showed a significant rise in the optimal duration of surgical prophylaxis, with an overall increase of 3%-28% (P < .01). Days of therapy per 1000 patient-days were decreased significantly in hospitals A, B, C, and D, with no change in hospital E. CONCLUSIONS: An AMS program focusing on education supported by auditing and feedback can have a significant impact on optimizing antibiotic use in surgical prophylaxis practices.
OBJECTIVE: To measure the impact of an antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) program on the use of antibiotics for surgical prophylaxis at acute care hospitals in Egypt. METHODS: This was a before-and-after intervention study conducted in 5 tertiary, acute-care surgical hospitals. The baseline, intervention, and follow-up periods were 3, 6, and 3 months, respectively. The impact of the intervention was measured by preintervention and postintervention surveys for surgical patients with clean and clean-contaminated wounds. Information was collected on demographic characteristics and antibiotic use. The intervention focused mainly on educating surgical staff on the optimal timing and duration of antibiotics used for surgical prophylaxis. Only 3 hospitals identified a surgeon to audit antibiotic surgical prescriptions. The primary outcome measures were the percentages of surgical patients receiving optimal timing and duration of surgical prophylaxis. RESULTS: Data were collected for 745 patients before the intervention and for 558 patients after the intervention. The optimal timing of the first dose improved significantly in 3 hospitals, increasing from 6.7% to 38.7% (P < .01), from 2.6% to 15.2% (P < .01), and from 0% to 11% (P < .01). All hospitals showed a significant rise in the optimal duration of surgical prophylaxis, with an overall increase of 3%-28% (P < .01). Days of therapy per 1000 patient-days were decreased significantly in hospitals A, B, C, and D, with no change in hospital E. CONCLUSIONS: An AMS program focusing on education supported by auditing and feedback can have a significant impact on optimizing antibiotic use in surgical prophylaxis practices.
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