Acquisitive owner. Most attempts to prevent infection in susceptible patients are unsuccessful due to the rapid substitution of other primary bacteria, resistant to antibiotics.
The antimicrobial prophylaxis of the pediatric surgical patients. The main objective of the use of antimicrobial drugs among hospitalized children is the prevention of postoperative wound infections. From this perspective, based on the frequent application of an agreement on recommendations to prevent surgical wound infections, which made it possible to develop a manual on surgical anti-microbial prevention in children. Prevention is defined as the use of antimicrobial drugs in the absence of a suspect or a registered infections.
The frequency of antimicrobial prophylaxis. In the intensive studies on patients in hospitals, ambulances in Pennsylvania 36% antimicrobial courses were initiated to prevent infection after a surgical or invasive procedures such as cystoscopy or cardiac catheterization. The prevalence and indications for the use of antimicrobial funds have been studied primarily in general hospitals for adults. In two studies demonstrated that the pediatric surgical clinics in 75% of antibiotics used for prevention. The effectiveness of antimicrobial prophylaxis in reducing the frequency postoperatsionnoy infection after certain types of surgical intervention has been demonstrated in the monitoring of clinical research. These and earlier studies in animals have revealed the principles of effective use of antimicrobial drugs for the purpose of surgical prophylaxis, including the choice of drugs, evidence and the time of application.