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September 10, 2025PLoS ONEOpen Access

The impact of antimicrobial stewardship interventions on surgical antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines compliance in a teaching hospital in Ghana

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ISIsrael Abebrese SefahSCSarentha ChettyPYPeter Yamoah

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Overview

Quasi-experimental study reveals improved guideline compliance in surgical antibiotic prophylaxis, indicating AMS may reduce antimicrobial resistance.

Key Points

  • Significant improvement in surgical antibiotic prophylaxis guideline compliance was observed after interventions.
  • Appropriate antibiotic choice and duration increased compliance rates dramatically (p = 0.001; p < 0.001).
  • Interventions included education on guidelines and dissemination of survey results to the surgical team.
  • Educational programs can optimize antibiotic use in hospitals and help combat rising antimicrobial resistance.

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Sefah et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c240deb210217d6479cc7fhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0329541
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