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Antimicrobial Stewardship in Cardiac Device Surgery: Impact of Behavioural Change Interventions on Extended Prophylaxis Practices
2025-07-08
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<h4>Background: </h4> /Objectives: Single-dose pre-operative antibiotic prophylaxis for cardiac-device implantation is recommended but extending antibiotic prophylaxis is common. Locally, 50–60% of patients had extended prophylaxis after pacemaker insertion or generator change. Our antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) incorporated behavioral change strategies in implementing a multi-pronged intervention bundle...
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- Literature Corpus work
- cde69aef-41ec-5363-be42-fe667295694f
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202507.0564.v1
