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Table 3 Prophylactic antibiotic prescriptions per specialty/ward

From: Antimicrobial prophylaxis outside the operating theatre, an audit in a university hospital

Internal medicine

Prescriptions (n)

Presence of protocol (%)

According to protocol (%)

Motivation of non-adherence

Medical prophylaxis

Medical intervention prophylaxis

Surgical prophylaxis

Internal medicine

25

23 (92.0%)

23 (100.0%)

-

23

0

2

Haematology

62

62 (100%)

62 (100%)

-

62

0

0

Pulmonology

3

3 (100%)

2 (66.7%)

0/1

1

0

2

Cardiology

11

11 (100%)

10 (90.9%)

0/1

1

10

0

Gastro-enterology

8

8 (100%)

8 (100%)

-

5

3

0

Psychiatry

2*

2 (100%)

2 (100%)

-

2

0

0

Surgery

General surgery

7

2 (28.6%)

2 (100.0%)

-

6

0

1

Oral & maxillofacial surgery

1

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

-

1

0

0

ENT-surgery

10

9 (90.0%

9 (100.0%)

-

2

1

7

Neurosurgery

5

3 (60.0%)

3 (100.0%)

-

1

1

3

Gynaecology and obstetrics

3

2 (66.7%)

2 (100.0%)

-

0

0

3

Orthopaedic surgery

17

17 (100%)

17 (100%)

-

2

0

15

Thoracic surgery

1

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

-

0

0

1

Urology

23

8 (34.8%)

8 (100.0%)

-

0

5

18

Paediatrics

General paediatrics

16

5 (31.3%)

3 (60.0%)

0/2

10

1

5

Paediatric oncology

26

25 (96.2%)

20 (80.0%)

1/5

25

1

0