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Surgery without antibiotics in Vietnam
25-Nov, Dr Duong Duc Hung, Head of Unit Cardiovascular Surgery (National Heart Institute), said, has successfully implemented the model without antibiotics surgery.


Accordingly, each of the patients only takes three grams of prophylactic antibiotics, not using antibiotics after surgery but the surgery still achieves good results, the cost of antibiotics significantly reduced.

Specifically, previous patients from cardiac and chest surgeries need to use antibiotics in the form of enclosure, the cost of 1 to 4 million / day.

New model reduces the risk of antibiotic resistance due to prolonged drug use, as well as reduce the cost of treatment.
Dr. Hung said, to perform surgery model no antibiotics, hygiene departments, clothing, shoes, water and air in the sick chamber.
Up to now, after seven months of implementation of the new model, it is more than 95% of patients on medical treatment without accompanying infections. This is the first medical facility in the region north of deployment activities.

 

Thái Hà -Tiền Phong (Translator: nnhanh)
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