Economic evaluation of appropriate duration of antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of neurosurgical infections in a middle-income country

ULU-KILIC A., Alp E., Cevahir F., Tucer B., Demiraslan H., SELÇUKLU A., ...Daha Fazla

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, cilt.43, sa.1, ss.44-47, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 43 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.09.010
  • Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.44-47
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Antibiotic prophylaxis, Neurosurgical infections, Cost effectiveness, ANTIMICROBIAL PROPHYLAXIS, SURGERY, HOSPITALS
  • Lokman Hekim Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background: Preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis is one of the preventive measures for surgical site infections (SSIs). Very little data about the cost effectiveness of the appropriate duration of antibiotic prophylaxis in low- and middle-income countries are available. We aim to assess the cost effectiveness of the use of antibiotic prophylaxis for <24 hours to prevent neurosurgical infections in a middle-income country, Turkey.