Adherence to Guidelines for the Administration of Intraoperative Antibiotics in a Nationwide US Sample.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite widespread adherence to Surgical Care Improvement Project antibiotic measures, prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs) remains a clinical challenge. Several components of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines are incompletely monitored and reported within the Surgical Care Improvement Project program.

Objectives

To describe adherence to each component of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines in regard to procedure-specific antibiotic choice, weight-adjusted dosing, and timing of first and subsequent administrations in a nationwide, multicenter cohort of patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study included adult patients undergoing general, urological, orthopedic, and gynecolog

SUBMITTER: Bardia A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8672234 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature