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A 4 page research paper that, first of all, addresses issues associated with antibiotic prophylaxis in surgical patients to prevent infections, but then relates this topic to issues of nursing accountability. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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a surgical patient fails to receive antibiotic prophylaxis within two hours before undergoing a surgical procedure, there is a 2 to 6 fold increase in the incidence of surgical infection
(Burke, 2001). On the other hand, due to the increase in the prevalence of nosocomial antibiotic-resistant infections over roughly the past decade, control of antibiotic utilization has become a priority
in regards to infection control (Lautenbach, 2007). Hospital-acquired infections constitute a major focus of concern for perioperative nurses as close to 27 million people have surgery annually and roughly 500,000
of these patients will acquire nosocomial surgical site infections (SSIs) (Plonczynski, 2005). Correct antibiotic prophylaxis has been proven to reduce SSIs (Plonczynski, 2005). The following discussion of antibiotic prophylaxis in
regards to surgery patients consider the latest data and guidelines, while also addressing the issue of nursing associated accountability. While it is agreed that among practitioners that the incidence
of SSI can be decreased with the "correct choice of antibiotic, proper timing of administration to incision, and limiting antibiotic use after surgery," the length of antibiotic administration is a
topic of ongoing debate (Plonczynski, 2005). Part of this controversy includes issues pertaining to antibiotic resistance. One study found that increased use of antibiotics was directly related to the increase
in resistant strains of bacteria (Plonczynski, 2005). This situation suggests that changes in antibiotic prophylactic procedures are called for, but it has also been recognized that a potential result
of changes in antibiotic prophylactic practices is that the decrease of one antibiotic (or antibiotic class) may result in the increase of another class in order to compensate (Lautenbach, 2007).
One studied reviewed found that decreased use of clindamycin was connected to an increase in the use of other anti-anaerobic agents (Lautenbach, 2007). Plonczynski (2005) reports that in 2004, new
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