Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate orthopedic patients' knowledge antibiotics and antibiotic resistance. Material Method: Patients admitted hospital for surgery were given a questionnaire containing total 26 questions, 7 multiple choices, nine true false questions ten likert scale adapted from survey which has been published by World Health Organization translated Albanian assess t...

conclusions the current study revealed that 44% of those who received prophylaxis did not need it. in the patients who received antibiotics, the most common mistakes were antibiotic selection followed by prolonged prophylaxis (> 24 hours) and excess dose. results of the total 8586 patients who took antibiotics for preventive purposes, 4815 (56%) required antimicrobial prophylaxis, and 3771 (44%...