Antibiotic in general surgery: Selection, timing and duration of administration

A continuous surveillance of hospital acquired infection (HAl) was done in the Department of Surgery, Dhaka Medical College Hospital during the period of 1st February ’90 to 31st March ’90. A new antibiogramme was prepared and applied in the same unit for chemotherapy and chemoprophylaxis ofsurgical cases in the subsequent six months from April ’90 to September ’90. The result of this selection, timing of administration and the duration of antimicrobial use have been described in this report. The antibiotic policy adopted in this study has been found to improve the problem of infection…

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