Post-surgical antibiotic prophylaxis: Impact of pharmacist's educational intervention on appropriate use of antibiotics.

Background: Guidelines assisted appropriate use of prophylactic antibiotics can lower the prevalence of surgical site infections (SSIs). The present study was conducted to evaluate the impact and cost-benefit value of pharmacist's educational intervention for antibiotic use in post-surgical prophylaxis.

Methods: A prospective quasi experimental study was conducted by enrolling 450 patients from tertiary care hospital of Lahore, Pakistan, 225 patients in each, control and intervention, arm using non-random convenient sampling.