OBJECTIVE Antimicrobial prophylaxis has been demonstrated to lower the incidence of postoperative infection in nearly all types of surgery. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) guideline summarizes current data on the appropriate use of antibiotic for surgical prophylaxis. The objective of this study was to assess and audit the use of antibiotics in a tertiary care center ac...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui profil kuantitas penggunaan antibiotik berdasarkan metode DDD/100 patient-days dan kualitas persentase kesesuaian (indikasi, waktu pemberian, durasi, dosis, rute pemberian) terhadap ASHP, PPAB, Formularium Rumah Sakit, serta Infeksi Daerah Operasi (IDO) pada pasien bedah di RSP NTB periode Januari-Juni 2019. Metode penelitian menggunakan desain deskript...

Background: Antibiotic prophylaxis is often used by surgeons to prevent surgical site infection (SSI) following operations. Despite the availability of several national guidelines for proper antibiotic prophylaxis, adherence guideline recommendations, especially in developing countries, still sub-optimal. This study aimed assess American Society Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) prophylactic use...

BACKGROUND Surgical site infections (SSIs) are common complications following surgeries and increase mortality, morbidity and healthcare costs. The use of antimicrobial prophylaxis is an effective measure to prevent development of SSIs. This study aimed to evaluate the current use of prophylactic antibiotics in thoracic surgeries in Iran. MATERIALS AND METHODS A descriptive study was conducte...

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) believes that the widespread, indiscriminate use of dietary supplements presents substantial risks to public health and that pharmacists have an opportunity and a professional responsibility to reduce those risks. ASHP recognizes that patients may choose to use legally available dietary supplements, but believes that the decision to use s...

The current standards for meeting drug information (DI) requirements in American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)-accredited pharmacy practice residency (PPR) programs and the impact of changes in ASHP standards for the DI requirements were studied. In September 2002 a nine-question survey was e-mailed to the directors of all ASHP-accredited PPR programs listed with an available e-ma...

This paper studies the efficiency of ground source heat pump(GSHP) used in refrigeration and heating, comparing it with air pump (ASHP) by means theoretical analysis experiment. The results were as follows, cooling GSHP summer is higher than that heating winter because transferred from high temperature to low during summer, which can be compared pipe; By calculating power consumption fan, found...

BACKGROUND Stress ulcers are acute superficial inflammatory lesions of the gastric mucosa induced when an individual is subjected to unusually high physiologic demands. In recent years, use of acid suppression therapy (AST) for stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) in inpatient settings other than intensive care has become increasingly common, leading to increased drug cost and an avoidable increased ...