SURGICAL ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS
SURGICAL ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS
SURGICAL ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS
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INTRODUCTION<br />
• Surgical wound infections increase health care<br />
costs by about 1.5 billion/year<br />
– Prolonged hospitalization stay<br />
– Increased morbidity/mortality<br />
• Prophylactic antibiotics have been shown to<br />
decrease the risk of infection for many<br />
procedures and represents an important<br />
component of optimal management of the<br />
surgical patient.<br />
– Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis is well established<br />
and common practice.