Click to zoom
Antimicrobial resistance has emerged as one of the most significant challenges confronting modern healthcare. Surgical practice, particularly general and orthopaedic surgery, occupies a critical position in this challenge because antimicrobial use, surgical-site infections, implant-associated infections, perioperative prophylaxis, and infection-prevention practices are closely interconnected.
This book, Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention in General and Orthopaedic Surgery: Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, has been developed as a practical and evidence-oriented resource for clinicians, surgeons, microbiologists, postgraduate students, infection-control professionals, pharmacists, and multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
The chapters are intended to bridge microbiological principles with day-to-day surgical decision-making. Particular emphasis is placed on rational antimicrobial prescribing, appropriate surgical prophylaxis, diagnostic stewardship, prevention and management of surgical-site infections, orthopaedic and implant-associated infections, antimicrobial resistance, infection-control practices, and multidisciplinary stewardship.
Rather than viewing antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention as separate disciplines, this book emphasizes their complementary roles in improving outcomes, reducing preventable infections, limiting unnecessary antimicrobial exposure, and slowing the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.
We hope this volume serves both as an academic reference and as a practical clinical resource for professionals involved in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of surgical infections.