From guidelines to practice: A pharmacist-driven prospective audit and feedback improvement model for peri-operative antibiotic prophylaxis in 34 South African hospitals

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1227-1234

  Brink, Adrian J ^a,b   Messina, Angeliki P ^c   Feldman, Charles ^d   Richards, Guy A ^d   van den Bergh, Dena ^c  

^a MILPARK HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Netcare   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL AUDIT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URBAN AREA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; PHARMACISTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 85018323736     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkw523     Document Type: Article

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