Table 5 Five most frequent errors by surgical specialty
From: Appropriate use of antimicrobial prophylaxis: an observational study in 21 surgical wards
Errors | Urologic surgery | General surgery | Vascular surgery | Orthopedic surgery | Plastic surgery | Heart surgery | ORL | Neuro surgery | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 68 | 48 | 43 | 43 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 257 | |||||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Antimicrobial prophylaxis continuation | 15 | 22.5 | 7 | 14.6 | 13 | 30.2 | 2 | 4.6 | 4 | 26.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 2 | 16.7 | 44 | 17.1 |
Antibiotic therapy re-start | 17 | 25.0 | 2 | 4.2 | 1 | 2.3 | 1 | 2.3 | 4 | 26.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 9.7 |
Intra-operatory dose omission | 4 | 5.9 | 9 | 18.8 | 4 | 9.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 20 | 7.8 |
“Wrong” molecule | 4 | 5.9 | 2 | 4.2 | 9 | 20.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 8.3 | 19 | 7.4 |
Antimicrobial prophylaxis administered (without a reason) when not needed | 1 | 1.5 | 4 | 8.3 | 7 | 16.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 23.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 6.2 |