Table 6 “Real” frequencies of the 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 | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Antimicrobial prophylaxis continuation | 15/37 | 40.5 | 7/19 | 36.8 | 13/21 | 61.9 | 2/16 | 12.5 | 4/4 | 100 | 0/15 | 0 | 1/5 | 20.0 | 2/9 | 22.2 | 44/126 | 34.9 |
Antibiotic therapy re-start | 17/25 | 68.0 | 2/5 | 40.0 | 1/3 | 33.3 | 1/6 | 16.7 | 4/4 | 100 | 0/0 | - | 0/0 | - | 0/5 | 0 | 25/48 | 52.1 |
Intra-operatory dose omission | 4/4 | 100 | 9/10 | 90.0 | 4/4 | 100 | 0/0 | - | 3/3 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | - | 0/1 | 0 | 20/22 | 90.9 |
“Wrong” molecule | 4/62 | 6.5 | 2/37 | 5.4 | 9/31 | 29.0 | 0/42 | - | 1/20 | 5.0 | 0/12 | - | 2/6 | 33.0 | 1/10 | 10.0 | 19/213 | 8.9 |
Antimicrobial prophylaxis administered (without a reason) when not needed | 1/5 | 20.0 | 4/11 | 36.4 | 7/10 | 70.0 | 0/1 | 0.0 | 1/5 | 20.0 | 0/0 | - | 3/7 | 42.9 | 0/1 | 0 | 16/40 | 40.0 |