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Surgeon choice in the use of postdischarge antibiotics for prophylaxis following mastectomy with and without breast reconstruction.

Warren DK, Nickel KB, Hostler CJ, Foy K, Han JH, Tolomeo P, Banks IR, Fraser VJ, Olsen MA, CDC Prevention Epicenter Program. Surgeon choice in the use of postdischarge antibiotics for prophylaxis following mastectomy with and without breast reconstruction. Infection control and hospital epidemiology. 2021 Apr 1; 42(4):467-470.

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Abstract:

Multiple guidelines recommend discontinuation of prophylactic antibiotics < 24 hours after surgery. In a multicenter, retrospective cohort of 2,954 mastectomy patients ± immediate breast reconstruction, we found that utilization of prophylactic postdischarge antibiotics varied dramatically at the surgeon level among general surgeons and was virtually universal among plastic surgeons.




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