Title
Perception and application of pre-operative surgical antibiotic prophylaxis by physicians
Authors
Mohammed Jaffer Ali1, Madeeha Hussaini2, Omkumar M. Patel3, Mohammad Faisal Uddin2, Mohamed Ali4, Asad Alnahar5, Lulyah Almallah6, Yasir Adil El Rashid Mohamed7, Hamza A. Orfali8 & Mohammed Abdul Mateen*,2
Affiliation
1Department of Internal Medicine, Bhaskar Medical College, Hyderabad, India; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Shadan Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India; 3Department of Internal Medicine, University of Northern Philippines, Philippines; 4Department of Acute Medicine and medicine of the elderly, Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, United Kingdom; 5Department of General Medicine, Atlas International Medical Complex, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ; 6Medical Intern, Vision College, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 7Department of Medicine, Military Medical Hospital, Omdurman, Khartoum, Sudan; 8Department of Medicine, Al Neelain University, Sudan; *Corresponding author
Mohammed Jaffer Ali - E - mail:
drmohammedjafferali@gmail.com
Madeeha Hussaini - E - mail: drmadeehahussaini@gmail.com
Omkumar M. Patel - E - mail: omkpatel01@gmail.com
Mohammad Faisal Uddin - E - mail: faisalmohammedfsl@gmail.com
Mohamed Ali - E - mail: dr.mohamedali.2707@gmail.com
Asad Alnahar - E - mail: asadalnahar@gmail.com
Lulyah Almallah - E - mail: lolee101@hotmail.com
Yasir Adil El Rashid Mohamed - E - mail: yasiradil.sdn@gmail.com
Hamza A. Orfali - E - mail: dr.hamzaorfali@gmail.com
Mohammed Abdul Mateen - E - mail: mateenmohdabdul96@gmail.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received April 1, 2025; Revised April 30, 2025; Accepted April 30, 2025, Published April 30, 2025
Abstract
Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common and prevalent complications occurring post-operatively leading to additional costs to the health care system. Hence, medical interns, general practitioners, surgical residents and surgeons who meet the inclusion criteria were included in this cross-sectional study. Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP) was recorded using a structured questionnaire. Data shows that senior surgeons, scored highest and of the 21 surgical residents, 25 medical interns and 6 GPs the performances varied with overall averages of 84.37%, 76.56% and 34.37%, respectively. This implies that medical practitioners demonstrate robust medical knowledge and practical skills, but there is scope to cultivate their professional conduct and interpersonal competencies.
Keywords
Surgical site infections (SSIs), surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis, physicians
Citation
Ali et al. Bioinformation 21(4): 647-652 (2025)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
