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Prolonged postprocedural antimicrobial use: A survey of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network.

Puig-Asensio M, Perencevich EN, Livorsi DJ. Prolonged postprocedural antimicrobial use: A survey of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Research Network. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 2019 Nov 1; 40(11):1281-1283.

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Abstract:

Continuing surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis after the incision is closed is not recommended in current guidelines. Our survey found that only 30.8% of hospitals had fully adopted these new recommendations. Feedback on prophylaxis duration was infrequently provided. Promoting guideline-concordant surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis discontinuation is an important target for future stewardship interventions.




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