Do not exceed 24 hours of antibiotic prophylaxis after surgery, the duration of prophylaxis should be as short as possible.
The duration of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis should not exceed 24 hours. Many good quality studies have shown that antibiotic prophylaxis beyond 24 hours has no effect in reducing surgical site infections. The administration of additional prophylactic antibiotic...
Do not abuse of periprocedural and intraprocedural medication and prefer their use only when strictly indicated (e.g. avoid inadequate antibiotic prophylaxis and saline fluid intravenous solution)
The environmental burden of medications before endoscopy (bowel preparation and laxatives for colonoscopy, or mucolytic solutions), during (sedatives, antibiotics, or analgesics), and after the procedure has not been formally quantified but it has recently been...
Do not prescribe drugs first in many chronic illness but advise lyfestiles modifications.
Hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and dyslipidemia, three conditions frequently managed by the General Practitioner (GP), have significant benefits from an educative approach in both prevention and treatment phases, whether in conjunction with pharmacotherapy or...Do not routinely prescribe metered-dose inhalers but dry powder inhalers.
Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) have therapeutic benefits from inhalation medications, available in two pharmaceutical formulations: metered-dose inhalers and dry powder inhalers. Consequently, the prescription preference should be directed...The campaign DOING MORE DOES NOT MEAN DOING BETTER – CHOOSING WISELY ITALY is promoted by Italy’s Slow Medicine
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