Patterns of antimicrobial use in a specialized surgical hospital in Southeast Nigeria: Need for a standardized protocol of antimicrobial use in the tropics

Patterns of antimicrobial use in a specialized surgical hospital in Southeast Nigeria: Need for a standardized protocol of antimicrobial use in the tropics

Background: Antimicrobial resistance remains a growing global health menace. One of the key actions to curb this menace by the World Health Organization is antimicrobial stewardship (AMS). A prescription protocol is one of the cost-effective AMS interventions in surgery. This study determines the pa...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ugochukwu Uzodimma Nnadozie, Chukwuma David Umeokonkwo, Charles Chidiebele Maduba, Ifeanyichukwu I Onah, Dorothy Igwe-Okomiso, Iheuko S Ogbonnaya, Cosmas Kenan Onah, Patric Chukwuemeka Okoye, Ann Versporten, Herman Goossens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
Series:Nigerian Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
antimicrobial protocol in surgery
antimicrobial resistance
antimicrobial stewardship
prophylactic antibiotics
Online Access:http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2021;volume=30;issue=2;spage=187;epage=191;aulast=Nnadozie

Internet

http://www.njmonline.org/article.asp?issn=1115-2613;year=2021;volume=30;issue=2;spage=187;epage=191;aulast=Nnadozie

Similar Items