Current challenges in adherence to clinical guidelines for antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 435-437

  Khan, Sohil Ahmed ^a,c   Rodrigues, Gabriel ^b   Kumar, Pramod ^b   Rao, Padma G M ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c S S Cancer Hospital and Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Prophylactic antibiotics; Surgical infection prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIST; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DATA ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; PERCEPTION; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 33748419348     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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