The Practice of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Thoracic Surgery and its Effectiveness

Bahar Madran; Şiran Keske; Serhan Tanju; Ekin Ezgi Cesur; Selin Pala; Şükrü Dilege; Önder Ergönül

doi:10.36519/idcm.2024.301

The Practice of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Thoracic Surgery and its Effectiveness

Infect Dis Clin Microbiol. 2024 Mar 8;6(1):60-65. doi: 10.36519/idcm.2024.301. eCollection 2024 Mar.

Authors

Bahar Madran^{1

2}, Şiran Keske^{2

3

4}, Serhan Tanju⁵, Ekin Ezgi Cesur⁶, Selin Pala⁶, Şükrü Dilege^{5

6}, Önder Ergönül^{2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Public Health, Koç University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye.
² Koç University İşbank Research Center for Infectious Diseases (KUISCID), İstanbul, Türkiye.
³ Infection Control Department, American Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Koç University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye.
⁵ The Thoracic Surgery Department, Koç University School of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye.
⁶ The Thoracic Surgery Department, VKV American Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye.

Abstract

This study examines the effects of the bundle of antimicrobial stewardship measures for prophylactic antibiotics among thoracic surgery patients. A local protocol, based on current guidelines starting from December 2014, was developed by the Infection Control and Thoracic Surgery Teams. The effects of this protocol were assessed by monitoring a total of 1380 patients before and after its implementation from January 1, 2011, to December 31, 2022.

Keywords: Antimicrobial stewardship; prophylactic antibiotic; thoracic surgery.