Cargando…

Prolonged antibiotic prophylaxis use in elective orthopaedic surgery – a cross-sectional analysis

PURPOSE: Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) prevents surgical site infections (SSI). In orthopaedic surgery, the use of prolonged SAP (PSAP) has been reported in daily routine, despite guidelines advising against it. Therefore, we asked: What is the proportion of PSAP use, defined as administrati...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rohrer, Felix, Maurer, Anita, Noetzli, Hubert, Gahl, Brigitta, Limacher, Andreas, Hermann, Tanja, Bruegger, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8101240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33957917
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-021-04290-w