Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis use and infection prevalence in non-cosmetic breast surgery procedures at a tertiary hospital in Western Australia—a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a common complication following breast surgery procedures, despite being considered a clean surgery. The prevalence of SSIs can be minimised with the appropriate use of antibiotic prophylaxis as outlined in the Australian Therapeutic Guidelines (eTG)....

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Autores principales: Lavers, Ainslie, Yip, Wai Siong, Sunderland, Bruce, Parsons, Richard, Mackenzie, Sarah, Seet, Jason, Czarniak, Petra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
Materias:
Evidence Based Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6202972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30386692
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5724

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6202972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30386692
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5724

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