Transcription of ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS IN SURGERY
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DISCLAIMER: These guidelines were prepared by the Department of Surgical Education, Orlando Regional Medical Center. They are intended to serve as a general statement regarding appropriate patient care practices based upon the available medical literature and clinical expertise at the time of development. They should not be considered to be accepted protocol or policy, nor are intended to replace clinical judgment or dictate care of individual patients. ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS IN SURGERY . SUMMARY. Antimicrobial PROPHYLAXIS is used to reduce the incidence of postoperative wound infections. Patients undergoing procedures associated with high infection rates, those involving implantation of prosthetic material, and those in which the consequences of infection are serious should receive perioperative antibiotics.
3 Approved 10/17/06 Revised 03/13/12 Procedure Likely Pathogens aRecommended Antibiotic Penicillin Allergy a,c Recommended Duration Cardiothoracic Surgery Staph epi, Staph aureus, Streptococcus,
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