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La Tunisie médicale, Dec 27, 2022
La Tunisie médicale, 2021
* RéseauMaghrébin: PédagogieRecherchePublication en Sciences de Santé (PRP2S) 1. Professeur de Mé... more * RéseauMaghrébin: PédagogieRecherchePublication en Sciences de Santé (PRP2S) 1. Professeur de Médecine Préventive et Communautaire. Direction des Systèmes d’Information du CHU Sahloul de Sousse. Laboratoire de Recherche LR19SP01. Université de Sousse (Tunisie). Email: ahmedbenabdelaziz.prp2s@gmail.com 2. Professeur d’Immunologie. Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir. Université de Monastir (Tunisie). 3. Résidente de Médecine Préventive et Communautaire. Direction des Systèmes d’Information du CHU Sahloul de Sousse. Laboratoire de Recherche LR19SP01. Université de Sousse (Tunisie). 4. Résidente de Médecine Préventive et Communautaire. CHU de Monastir. Laboratoire de Recherche LR19SP01. Université de Monastir (Tunisie). 5. Professeur assistante universitaire. Service de Biochimie du CHU Sahloul de Sousse. Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir. Université de Monastir (Tunisie). 6. Professeur assistant universitaire. Service de Parasitologie du CHU Monastir. Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir. Université de Monastir (Tunisie). 7. Professeur Assistante de Médecine Préventive et Communautaire. Faculté de Médecine de Sousse. Laboratoire de Recherche LR19SP01. Université de Sousse (Tunisie). 8. Médecin Major de Santé Publique. Animateur des cycles de formation en méthodologie de recherche et en analyse statistique des données. 9. Doctorante en Chimie. Faculté des sciences de Monastir. Université de Monastir (Tunisie) 10. Professeur de Médecine Préventive et Communautaire. Faculté de Médecine de Monastir. Université de Monastir (Tunisie).
La Tunisie médicale, 2021
La Tunisie medicale, 2021
La Tunisie medicale, 2021
La Tunisie Médicale, 2021
Cette série… Le Réseau Maghrébin PRP2S et la Rédaction de la revue «La Tunisie Médicale» ont l’ho... more Cette série… Le Réseau Maghrébin PRP2S et la Rédaction de la revue «La Tunisie Médicale» ont l’honneur de continuer d’une manière régulière, à partir du numéro de mars 2021, et pour la deuxième année successive, la série des fiches techniques en épidémiologie, en bio statistique et en rédaction médicale scientifique. Cette série a eu un grand succès au cours de sa première année d’édition en 2020, comme indique le nombre de téléchargements dépassant significativement celui des articles originaux et illustrant un besoin très manifeste des jeunes chercheurs, au renforcement de leurs capacités en méthodologie de recherche scientifique en sciences de santé, selon une pédagogie centrée sur l’acquisition des compétences pratiques de recherche biomédicale. En effet, nos fiches méthodologiques décrivent, d’une manière standardisée, les modes d’usage des concepts, des outils et des méthodes, utilisés d’une part lors du continuum de la recherche biomédicale scientifique, dès la phase conceptu...
La Tunisie Médicale, 2021
Cette série… Cette série… Le Réseau Maghrébin PRP2S et la Rédaction de la revue «La Tunisie Médic... more Cette série… Cette série… Le Réseau Maghrébin PRP2S et la Rédaction de la revue «La Tunisie Médicale» ont l'honneur de continuer d'une manière régulière, à partir du numéro de mars 2021, et pour la deuxième année successive, la série des fiches techniques en épidémiologie, en bio statistique et en rédaction médicale scientifique. Cette série a eu un grand succès au cours de sa première année d'édition en 2020, comme indique le nombre de téléchargements dépassant significativement celui des articles originaux et illustrant un besoin très manifeste des jeunes chercheurs, au renforcement de leurs capacités en méthodologie de recherche scientifique en sciences de santé, selon une pédagogie centrée sur l'acquisition des compétences pratiques de recherche biomédicale. En effet, nos fiches méthodologiques décrivent, d'une manière standardisée, les modes d'usage des concepts, des outils et des méthodes, utilisés d'une part lors du continuum de la recherche bioméd...
La Tunisie medicale, 2021
Family Medicine, a true scientific and academic discipline, has been defined by the World Organiz... more Family Medicine, a true scientific and academic discipline, has been defined by the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and academic associations of general practitioners / family physicians (WONCA) since 2002, as being a "clinical specialty oriented towards primary care". This paper details the specificities of Family Medicine: a horizontal specialty, primary care, providing comprehensive and continuous care, patient-centered and community-oriented. The promotion of Family Medicine in the Maghreb countries requires a multi-axial strategy based on the social marketing of Family Medicine, the recognition of Family Medicine as a medical specialty and of Family Medicine as a gateway to national health system, the establishment of a quality approach in basic health centers and free practice offices (centers of health centers) and regular validation of the Family Medicine diploma.
La Tunisie medicale, 2020
La Tunisie medicale, 2020
La Tunisie medicale, 2020
OBJECTIVE Measuring the attitudes of health professionals in two Maghreb countries (Tunisia and A... more OBJECTIVE Measuring the attitudes of health professionals in two Maghreb countries (Tunisia and Algeria) with regard to the response to COVID-19 during the first quarter of 2020. METHODS This scoping study was based on a "Google Form" covering three constituents of the response plan against COVID-19: responders, activities and crisis communication. The attitudes of health professionals who are working in Tunisia and Algeria were measured through the Likert scale with four propositions, grouped in pairs, during the analysis. RESULTS The study population consisted of 280 health professionals, 170 of whom are Tunisians along with 110 Algerians. The medians of age and that of professional seniority are, respectively, 37 and 10 years. The role of "health workers", "Mass Media" and "civil society associations" was found to be satisfactory according, respectively, to 92%, 71%, and 55% of the respondents. As far as 72% of health professionals are conc...
La Tunisie medicale, 2019
La Tunisie medicale, 2020
CONTEXT Following the Tunisian revolution of 2010/2011, a new Public Health literature emerged, b... more CONTEXT Following the Tunisian revolution of 2010/2011, a new Public Health literature emerged, by the ministerial departments as well as the civil society, which was marked by the transparency and the comprehensiveness of the approach. OBJECTIVE To identify the key ideas of the new Tunisian Public Health discourse, reconciling the principles of a globalizing paradigm with the health problems of a country in transition. METHODS During this qualitative research, a selected series of three Tunisian reports of Public Health, published in the first quinquennium of the revolution, was read by an independent team of experts in Public Health, not having contributed to their elaboration, to identify the consensual foundations of the new Public Health discourse. These documents were: the "2011 Health Map" of the Department of Studies and Planning of the Ministry of Health, the "Societal Dialogue Report on Health Policies, Strategies and Plans" (2014), and the "Report...
Objective :The aim of this study was to document the diversity and use of natural plants in the i... more Objective :The aim of this study was to document the diversity and use of natural plants in the island of Djerba (Tunisia) in traditional pharmacopoeia and other uses in order to develop an ethnobotanical catalogue that could subsequently be the subject of scientific research. Materials and Methods: The technique of semi-structured interviews was used with people originating and residing or not in Djerba. Occasional conversations and direct observations were exploited for one year. Results: We have identified 86 plants out of 122 mentioned belonging to 80 genera and 43 families. Asteraceae were the most important family represented by 13 species followed by Lamiaceae and Poaceae (7 species each). The results showed that 45 species have medicinal uses (52.32%). Leaves were the most used parts (59% of species for medicinal use). Decoction was the most common method for preparing remedies. Conclusion: This study provides an important source of information for flora valorization in the ...
CONTEXT The Maghreb Central, like all the countries of the world, was strongly mobilized (governm... more CONTEXT The Maghreb Central, like all the countries of the world, was strongly mobilized (governments, ministries of health, population, civil society) in the response against COVID-19, immediately after the registration of the first cases on its territory (end of February, beginning of March) and according to pre-established control strategies. OBJECTIVES Describe the perceptions of health professionals in the Central Maghreb (Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco) as to the Strengths/Opportunities and Weaknesses/Threats of the national response plans against COVID-19, during the first weeks of their execution, and report their proposals for optimizing the performance of control strategies. METHODS This is a qualitative study of the perceptions of health professionals in the Maghreb Central regarding their experience of the first six weeks of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The data was collected using the "Delphi" technique in one turn, based on an electronic form such as "G...
Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
Le partogramme est un outil incontournable dans la pratique quotidienne en salle de naissance. C'... more Le partogramme est un outil incontournable dans la pratique quotidienne en salle de naissance. C'est le reflet écrit de la qualité de la prise en charge materno-foetale pendant l'accouchement et le post-partum immédiat. Le but de notre travail est d'évaluer la conformité de la tenue du partogramme au sein de notre maternité et de proposer des axes d'amélioration de la qualité de sa tenue. il s'agit d'une étude rétrospective par audit clinique, effectuée sur 400 dossiers des patientes ayant accouché dans la maternité universitaire de Kairouan du 1er Janvier au 31 décembre 2014. Le référentiel utilisé est celui de la Haute Autorité de Santé (2006) comportant 29 critères divisés en 3 domaines (PARTOten, PARTOobs, PARTOeve). le Taux de Conformité Globale (TCG) de la tenue du partogramme dans notre audit était de 55,9%. Pour le domaine I « La tenue du partogramme » (PARTOten), le TCG était de 88,9%. Pour le domaine II « la traçabilité du déroulement du travail » (PARTOobs), le TCG était de 51,4%. Pour le domaine III « la traçabilité des actes, des évènements et des traitements au cours du travail » (PARTOeve), le TCG était de 27,4%. Notre étude a permis de dégager plusieurs points à améliorer. Le but ultime de l'Audit Clinique est l'amélioration des pratiques professionnelles, de ce fait nous allons mettre en place un plan d'action (formation, sensibilisation...) qui sera suivi par une réévaluation afin de vérifier la pérennité des actions correctives.
International Journal of Infection Control
Patient safety is considered a major priority in health care systems. In Tunisia, few attempts ha... more Patient safety is considered a major priority in health care systems. In Tunisia, few attempts have been made since 2011 to evaluate PS culture. The purpose of this study was to measure the patient safety culture level at Ibn El Jazzar hospital in Kairouan, Tunisia. This cross-sectional study was conducted over three months in 2015 in a Tunisian University hospital. The French model of the Hospital Survey On Patient Safety Culture “HSOPSC” was used to explore 10 dimensions of patient safety culture. The survey was distributed to 446 health care providers (physicians and nurses). A score per composite has been calculated. Then the results were compared according to professional categories and work units. The overall average positive response rate for the 10 PS culture composites of the HSOPSC survey was 61.65%. Areas with potential for improvement were overall perception of security (40.73%), leadership (30.9%), organizational learning (41.9%), communication openness (38.3%) and freq...
The Pan African medical journal, 2018
Although the number of ICU beds is generally limited, the incidence rates of nosocomial infection... more Although the number of ICU beds is generally limited, the incidence rates of nosocomial infections is high. Managing infectious risk in ICU is a priority today; one of the strategic aims is the establishment of systems for epidemiological control. The aim of our study is to determine the incidence and the clinical aspects in order to identify the risk factors. We conducted a longitudinal descriptive impact assessment study enrolling patients hospedalized for more than 48 hours in general purpose Intensive Care Unit at the Ibn El JAZZAR Hospital, Kairouan over a period of 1 year, from 01/03/2013 to 28/02/2014. The study focused on 265 patients whose average age was 39±20 years (18-93 years) with a sex ratio(M/F) of 2.48. We identified 125 episodes of nosocomial infections in 81 patients corresponding to a total incidence of 30.6%. The incidence density rate was 55 infections per 1000 days of hospitalization. There was a clear predominance of pneumopathies, with an incidence of 27.73%...
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](The Pan African medical journal, 2018
Antibiotic prophylaxis (ATBP) is one of the specific measures for the prevention of surgical site... more Antibiotic prophylaxis (ATBP) is one of the specific measures for the prevention of surgical site infections, whose impact has been quantified in clean or clean-contaminated surgery. Our study aims to evaluate the conformity of ATBP practices and the adherence to the prescribing protocols adopted in our Hospital. We conducted a clinical audit retrospective observational study, evaluating antibiotic prophylaxis practices in our Hospital in the month of March 2015. The primary study endpoint was the overall compliance of the observed practices with the 5 major criteria defined by the French National Authority for Health (FNAH). We followed the guidelines of the French Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care published in 2010. The study included 150 patients who had undergone surgery in the Department of General Surgery, Orthopaedics and Urology. The overall compliance rate was 33.3%. The compliance with each of the 5 major criteria defined by the FNAH was 74% for the indication; 84% ...
La Tunisie médicale, Dec 27, 2022
La Tunisie médicale, 2021
* RéseauMaghrébin: PédagogieRecherchePublication en Sciences de Santé (PRP2S) 1. Professeur de Mé... more * RéseauMaghrébin: PédagogieRecherchePublication en Sciences de Santé (PRP2S) 1. Professeur de Médecine Préventive et Communautaire. Direction des Systèmes d’Information du CHU Sahloul de Sousse. Laboratoire de Recherche LR19SP01. Université de Sousse (Tunisie). Email: ahmedbenabdelaziz.prp2s@gmail.com 2. Professeur d’Immunologie. Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir. Université de Monastir (Tunisie). 3. Résidente de Médecine Préventive et Communautaire. Direction des Systèmes d’Information du CHU Sahloul de Sousse. Laboratoire de Recherche LR19SP01. Université de Sousse (Tunisie). 4. Résidente de Médecine Préventive et Communautaire. CHU de Monastir. Laboratoire de Recherche LR19SP01. Université de Monastir (Tunisie). 5. Professeur assistante universitaire. Service de Biochimie du CHU Sahloul de Sousse. Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir. Université de Monastir (Tunisie). 6. Professeur assistant universitaire. Service de Parasitologie du CHU Monastir. Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir. Université de Monastir (Tunisie). 7. Professeur Assistante de Médecine Préventive et Communautaire. Faculté de Médecine de Sousse. Laboratoire de Recherche LR19SP01. Université de Sousse (Tunisie). 8. Médecin Major de Santé Publique. Animateur des cycles de formation en méthodologie de recherche et en analyse statistique des données. 9. Doctorante en Chimie. Faculté des sciences de Monastir. Université de Monastir (Tunisie) 10. Professeur de Médecine Préventive et Communautaire. Faculté de Médecine de Monastir. Université de Monastir (Tunisie).
La Tunisie médicale, 2021
La Tunisie medicale, 2021
La Tunisie medicale, 2021
La Tunisie Médicale, 2021
Cette série… Le Réseau Maghrébin PRP2S et la Rédaction de la revue «La Tunisie Médicale» ont l’ho... more Cette série… Le Réseau Maghrébin PRP2S et la Rédaction de la revue «La Tunisie Médicale» ont l’honneur de continuer d’une manière régulière, à partir du numéro de mars 2021, et pour la deuxième année successive, la série des fiches techniques en épidémiologie, en bio statistique et en rédaction médicale scientifique. Cette série a eu un grand succès au cours de sa première année d’édition en 2020, comme indique le nombre de téléchargements dépassant significativement celui des articles originaux et illustrant un besoin très manifeste des jeunes chercheurs, au renforcement de leurs capacités en méthodologie de recherche scientifique en sciences de santé, selon une pédagogie centrée sur l’acquisition des compétences pratiques de recherche biomédicale. En effet, nos fiches méthodologiques décrivent, d’une manière standardisée, les modes d’usage des concepts, des outils et des méthodes, utilisés d’une part lors du continuum de la recherche biomédicale scientifique, dès la phase conceptu...
La Tunisie Médicale, 2021
Cette série… Cette série… Le Réseau Maghrébin PRP2S et la Rédaction de la revue «La Tunisie Médic... more Cette série… Cette série… Le Réseau Maghrébin PRP2S et la Rédaction de la revue «La Tunisie Médicale» ont l'honneur de continuer d'une manière régulière, à partir du numéro de mars 2021, et pour la deuxième année successive, la série des fiches techniques en épidémiologie, en bio statistique et en rédaction médicale scientifique. Cette série a eu un grand succès au cours de sa première année d'édition en 2020, comme indique le nombre de téléchargements dépassant significativement celui des articles originaux et illustrant un besoin très manifeste des jeunes chercheurs, au renforcement de leurs capacités en méthodologie de recherche scientifique en sciences de santé, selon une pédagogie centrée sur l'acquisition des compétences pratiques de recherche biomédicale. En effet, nos fiches méthodologiques décrivent, d'une manière standardisée, les modes d'usage des concepts, des outils et des méthodes, utilisés d'une part lors du continuum de la recherche bioméd...
La Tunisie medicale, 2021
Family Medicine, a true scientific and academic discipline, has been defined by the World Organiz... more Family Medicine, a true scientific and academic discipline, has been defined by the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and academic associations of general practitioners / family physicians (WONCA) since 2002, as being a "clinical specialty oriented towards primary care". This paper details the specificities of Family Medicine: a horizontal specialty, primary care, providing comprehensive and continuous care, patient-centered and community-oriented. The promotion of Family Medicine in the Maghreb countries requires a multi-axial strategy based on the social marketing of Family Medicine, the recognition of Family Medicine as a medical specialty and of Family Medicine as a gateway to national health system, the establishment of a quality approach in basic health centers and free practice offices (centers of health centers) and regular validation of the Family Medicine diploma.
La Tunisie medicale, 2020
La Tunisie medicale, 2020
La Tunisie medicale, 2020
OBJECTIVE Measuring the attitudes of health professionals in two Maghreb countries (Tunisia and A... more OBJECTIVE Measuring the attitudes of health professionals in two Maghreb countries (Tunisia and Algeria) with regard to the response to COVID-19 during the first quarter of 2020. METHODS This scoping study was based on a "Google Form" covering three constituents of the response plan against COVID-19: responders, activities and crisis communication. The attitudes of health professionals who are working in Tunisia and Algeria were measured through the Likert scale with four propositions, grouped in pairs, during the analysis. RESULTS The study population consisted of 280 health professionals, 170 of whom are Tunisians along with 110 Algerians. The medians of age and that of professional seniority are, respectively, 37 and 10 years. The role of "health workers", "Mass Media" and "civil society associations" was found to be satisfactory according, respectively, to 92%, 71%, and 55% of the respondents. As far as 72% of health professionals are conc...
La Tunisie medicale, 2019
La Tunisie medicale, 2020
CONTEXT Following the Tunisian revolution of 2010/2011, a new Public Health literature emerged, b... more CONTEXT Following the Tunisian revolution of 2010/2011, a new Public Health literature emerged, by the ministerial departments as well as the civil society, which was marked by the transparency and the comprehensiveness of the approach. OBJECTIVE To identify the key ideas of the new Tunisian Public Health discourse, reconciling the principles of a globalizing paradigm with the health problems of a country in transition. METHODS During this qualitative research, a selected series of three Tunisian reports of Public Health, published in the first quinquennium of the revolution, was read by an independent team of experts in Public Health, not having contributed to their elaboration, to identify the consensual foundations of the new Public Health discourse. These documents were: the "2011 Health Map" of the Department of Studies and Planning of the Ministry of Health, the "Societal Dialogue Report on Health Policies, Strategies and Plans" (2014), and the "Report...
Objective :The aim of this study was to document the diversity and use of natural plants in the i... more Objective :The aim of this study was to document the diversity and use of natural plants in the island of Djerba (Tunisia) in traditional pharmacopoeia and other uses in order to develop an ethnobotanical catalogue that could subsequently be the subject of scientific research. Materials and Methods: The technique of semi-structured interviews was used with people originating and residing or not in Djerba. Occasional conversations and direct observations were exploited for one year. Results: We have identified 86 plants out of 122 mentioned belonging to 80 genera and 43 families. Asteraceae were the most important family represented by 13 species followed by Lamiaceae and Poaceae (7 species each). The results showed that 45 species have medicinal uses (52.32%). Leaves were the most used parts (59% of species for medicinal use). Decoction was the most common method for preparing remedies. Conclusion: This study provides an important source of information for flora valorization in the ...
CONTEXT The Maghreb Central, like all the countries of the world, was strongly mobilized (governm... more CONTEXT The Maghreb Central, like all the countries of the world, was strongly mobilized (governments, ministries of health, population, civil society) in the response against COVID-19, immediately after the registration of the first cases on its territory (end of February, beginning of March) and according to pre-established control strategies. OBJECTIVES Describe the perceptions of health professionals in the Central Maghreb (Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco) as to the Strengths/Opportunities and Weaknesses/Threats of the national response plans against COVID-19, during the first weeks of their execution, and report their proposals for optimizing the performance of control strategies. METHODS This is a qualitative study of the perceptions of health professionals in the Maghreb Central regarding their experience of the first six weeks of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The data was collected using the "Delphi" technique in one turn, based on an electronic form such as "G...
Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
Le partogramme est un outil incontournable dans la pratique quotidienne en salle de naissance. C'... more Le partogramme est un outil incontournable dans la pratique quotidienne en salle de naissance. C'est le reflet écrit de la qualité de la prise en charge materno-foetale pendant l'accouchement et le post-partum immédiat. Le but de notre travail est d'évaluer la conformité de la tenue du partogramme au sein de notre maternité et de proposer des axes d'amélioration de la qualité de sa tenue. il s'agit d'une étude rétrospective par audit clinique, effectuée sur 400 dossiers des patientes ayant accouché dans la maternité universitaire de Kairouan du 1er Janvier au 31 décembre 2014. Le référentiel utilisé est celui de la Haute Autorité de Santé (2006) comportant 29 critères divisés en 3 domaines (PARTOten, PARTOobs, PARTOeve). le Taux de Conformité Globale (TCG) de la tenue du partogramme dans notre audit était de 55,9%. Pour le domaine I « La tenue du partogramme » (PARTOten), le TCG était de 88,9%. Pour le domaine II « la traçabilité du déroulement du travail » (PARTOobs), le TCG était de 51,4%. Pour le domaine III « la traçabilité des actes, des évènements et des traitements au cours du travail » (PARTOeve), le TCG était de 27,4%. Notre étude a permis de dégager plusieurs points à améliorer. Le but ultime de l'Audit Clinique est l'amélioration des pratiques professionnelles, de ce fait nous allons mettre en place un plan d'action (formation, sensibilisation...) qui sera suivi par une réévaluation afin de vérifier la pérennité des actions correctives.
International Journal of Infection Control
Patient safety is considered a major priority in health care systems. In Tunisia, few attempts ha... more Patient safety is considered a major priority in health care systems. In Tunisia, few attempts have been made since 2011 to evaluate PS culture. The purpose of this study was to measure the patient safety culture level at Ibn El Jazzar hospital in Kairouan, Tunisia. This cross-sectional study was conducted over three months in 2015 in a Tunisian University hospital. The French model of the Hospital Survey On Patient Safety Culture “HSOPSC” was used to explore 10 dimensions of patient safety culture. The survey was distributed to 446 health care providers (physicians and nurses). A score per composite has been calculated. Then the results were compared according to professional categories and work units. The overall average positive response rate for the 10 PS culture composites of the HSOPSC survey was 61.65%. Areas with potential for improvement were overall perception of security (40.73%), leadership (30.9%), organizational learning (41.9%), communication openness (38.3%) and freq...
The Pan African medical journal, 2018
Although the number of ICU beds is generally limited, the incidence rates of nosocomial infection... more Although the number of ICU beds is generally limited, the incidence rates of nosocomial infections is high. Managing infectious risk in ICU is a priority today; one of the strategic aims is the establishment of systems for epidemiological control. The aim of our study is to determine the incidence and the clinical aspects in order to identify the risk factors. We conducted a longitudinal descriptive impact assessment study enrolling patients hospedalized for more than 48 hours in general purpose Intensive Care Unit at the Ibn El JAZZAR Hospital, Kairouan over a period of 1 year, from 01/03/2013 to 28/02/2014. The study focused on 265 patients whose average age was 39±20 years (18-93 years) with a sex ratio(M/F) of 2.48. We identified 125 episodes of nosocomial infections in 81 patients corresponding to a total incidence of 30.6%. The incidence density rate was 55 infections per 1000 days of hospitalization. There was a clear predominance of pneumopathies, with an incidence of 27.73%...
The Pan African medical journal, 2018
Antibiotic prophylaxis (ATBP) is one of the specific measures for the prevention of surgical site... more Antibiotic prophylaxis (ATBP) is one of the specific measures for the prevention of surgical site infections, whose impact has been quantified in clean or clean-contaminated surgery. Our study aims to evaluate the conformity of ATBP practices and the adherence to the prescribing protocols adopted in our Hospital. We conducted a clinical audit retrospective observational study, evaluating antibiotic prophylaxis practices in our Hospital in the month of March 2015. The primary study endpoint was the overall compliance of the observed practices with the 5 major criteria defined by the French National Authority for Health (FNAH). We followed the guidelines of the French Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care published in 2010. The study included 150 patients who had undergone surgery in the Department of General Surgery, Orthopaedics and Urology. The overall compliance rate was 33.3%. The compliance with each of the 5 major criteria defined by the FNAH was 74% for the indication; 84% ...