SURGICAL ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS
SURGICAL ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS
SURGICAL ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS
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<strong>ANTIBIOTIC</strong> USE<br />
• Oral prophylactic regimen to decrease<br />
bacterial colonization for elective colo-rectal<br />
surgery.<br />
– Mechanical bowel preparation<br />
- Use of Go-Lytely<br />
– Oral antibiotics<br />
- Erythromycin base and neomycin 1gm PO @ 1pm,<br />
2pm and 11pm (for an 8 am surgery or 19, 18 and 9<br />
hours preop<br />
– This regimen in addition to IV antibiotics (cefoxitin<br />
or cefotetan) further reduces risk of post-operative<br />
infection