Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Hunduma Jisha

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• Research Article
  Timing of Prophylactic Antibiotic Administration in Elective Surgical Patients at Jimma University Teaching Hospital: South West Ethiopia
  Author(s): Hunduma JishaHunduma Jisha
  
  Study objective: To evaluate the timing of prophylactic antibiotic administration in elective surgical patients, and anesthetists’ opinion regarding this issue. Design: Prospective, facility based cross-sectional study was employed. Setting: Jimma university teaching hospital (JUTH) Patient: Elective surgical patients and anesthesia professional of the hospital. Measurement: Data were collected prospectively from all elective surgical patients (except emergency, obstetric cases) and interred in predesigned forms as per existing protocol in JUTH from February 01 to March 30, 2014. The time of antibiotic prophylactic administration in respect to incision time was analyzed and descriptive result was presented as percentages of total responses. Main results: Prophylactic antibiotics was given before skin incision for 107 (79.9%) patients and 27 (20.1%) after skin incision. However; .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6148.1000612

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