Implementation and Evaluation of a Preprinted Perioperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Order Form in a Teaching Hospital

Paul Au; Suzette Salama; Coleman Rotstein

doi:10.1155/1998/681725

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1998)

Implementation and Evaluation of a Preprinted Perioperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Order Form in a Teaching Hospital

Paul Au,
Suzette Salama,
Coleman Rotstein

Affiliations

Paul Au: Department of Pharmacy, Henderson General Site, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Suzette Salama: Department of Pharmacy, Henderson General Site, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Coleman Rotstein: Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medicine, Henderson General Site, Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1998/681725
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 3
pp. 157 – 166

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of a preprinted perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis order form on the appropriateness, standardization and cost of surgical prophylaxis.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1180-2332 (Print)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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