Peri-operative antimicrobial prophylaxis

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AGENCIES

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

• Systematic review and evidence-based guidance on peri-operative antibiotic prophylaxis (2013)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) / Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) / Surgical Infection Society (SIS) / Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)

• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery (2013)

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE)

• Antibiotic prophylaxis for gastrointestinal endoscopy (2015)

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) / European Committee on Infection Control (EUCIC)

• ESCMID/EUCIC clinical practice guidelines on perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in patients colonized by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria before surgery (2023)

Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery

• Principles of antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery – multiple languages (2019)

EU/EEA COUNTRIES

Croatia

• ISKRA Guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery (Croation Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2010)
  Smjernice ISKRA za antimikrobnu profilaksu u kirurgiji  (Ministarstvo zdravstva, 2010)

Cyprus

• Guidelines on antibiotic use for the prevention of surgical site infections (Ministry of Health, 2013)
  Κατευθυντήριες οδηγίες για την χρήση αντιβιοτικών για την πρόληψη των λοιμώξεων χειρουργικής θέσης (Υπουργείο Υγείας, 2013)

France

• Antibioprophylaxie in surgery and interventionnelle medicine (adult patients). Actualization. 2017 (French Society of Anaesthesia and Resuscitation, 2017)
  Antibioprophylaxie en chirurgie et médecine interventionnelle (patients adultes) (Société Française d’Anesthésie et de Réanimation, 2017)

Italy

• Peri-operative antibiotic prophylaxis in adults (National Institute of Health, updated 2011)
  Antibioticoprofilassi perioperatoria nell’adulto (Istituto Superiore di Sanita, 2011)

Lithuania

• Antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery. Methodical recommendations (Institute of Hygiene, 2013)
  Antimikrobinė profilaktika chirurgijoje. Metodinės rekomendacijos (Higienos Institutas, 2013)

Luxembourg

• Prophylactic use of antibiotics in surgery (Scientific Council- Health Domain, 2009)

Utilisation prophylactique des antibiotiques en chirurgie  (Conseil Scientifique - Domaine de la Santé, 2009)

Netherlands

• Peri-operative antibiotic prophylaxis   (Dutch Working Party on Antibiotic Policy, 2017)
  Perioperatieve antibiotische profylaxe (Stichting Werkgroep Antibiotica Beleid, 2017)

Slovakia

• Guidelines on antibiotic use for the prevention of surgical site infections (Vestník Ministry of Health, part 28, 2010)
  Odborné usmernenie Ministerstva zdravotníctva Slovenskej republiky pre antibiotickú profylaxiu chirurgickej ranovej infekcie (Vestník MZ SR čiastka 28, 2010)

Sweden

• Antibiotic prophylaxis for surgical procedures – A systematic review. Summary and conclusions of the SBU report (Swedish Council on Health Technology Assessment, 2010)