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Patient safety and risk management
PS-017 Quality and risk management in hospitals: Audit of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis
  1. MA EL Wartiti1,
  2. H Ouhaddouch1,
  3. W Enneffah1,
  4. Y Bousliman2,
  5. A Bennana3,
  6. J Lamsaouri4
  1. 1Mohammed v Military Teaching Hospital–Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy–Mohammed v University, Clinical Pharmacy, RABAT, Morocco
  2. 2Mohammed v Military Teaching Hospital–Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy–Mohammed v University, Pharmacology and Toxicology, RABAT, Morocco
  3. 3Mohammed v Military Teaching Hospital–Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy–Mohammed v University, Pharmaceutical Management, RABAT, Morocco
  4. 4Mohammed v Military Teaching Hospital–Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy–Mohammed v University, Therapeutic Chemistry, RABAT, Morocco

Abstract

Background Infection is a risk for any surgery. The aim of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP) is to reduce the risk of surgical site infection. Its prescription must obey certain rules, established on the basis of numerous studies on this subject. Indeed, the SAP, whenever it is recommended, must use an antibiotic adapted to both the bacteriological target and the relevant surgery, in order to obtain effective tissue concentrations on the potential site of infection throughout the operation. Compliance with these rules is an integral part of the quality improvement policy and the safety of care.

Purpose To evaluate, through a prospective audit, compliance with SAP recommendations in the operating rooms as part of quality and risk management at our hospital.

Material and methods This was a prospective study of the SAP conformity for all patients admitted for surgery in orthopaedics-traumatology, gynaecology, urology, visceral surgery, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, otolaryngology and maxillofacial surgery, over the period 28 September 2015 to 11 October 2015. SAP compliance was evaluated by comparison with the repository of the French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (2010 version), and objectivised by a combined overall compliance criterion (indication, choice of molecule and posology).

Results Among the 308 included cases, a compliant prophylactic attitude was observed in 68% of cases. For the 177 patients who received SAP, the latter was compliant in 79% of cases, and the most prescribed antibiotic was cefazolin (53%). For the 131 patients who did not receive SAP, the decision was appropriate in 54% of cases.

Conclusion SAP recommendations are imperfectly applied, in particular concerning the choice of antibiotic to be administered and the establishment or not of SAP. Efforts must be pursued in terms of adherence to these recommendations, and continually evaluated to improve the quality and to master the risk at our institution.

References and/or Acknowledgements

  1. Société française d’anesthésie et de réanimation. Antibioprophylaxis in surgery and interventional medicine (adult patients), Actualization 2010. Annales Françaises d’Anesthésie et de Réanimation 2011;30:168–90

References and/or AcknowledgementsNo conflict of interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2016-000875.502

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