Timing of antibacterial prophylaxis and surgical site infection rates in clean orthopaedic and cardiac surgery
The SSI rates for prophylaxis increased if antibacterial prophylaxis was given more than 50 min before incision. The results may not be applicable to non-clean procedures or non-antibacterial prophylaxis. More outcome data are required before firm recommendations can be made for fine-tuning antibacterial prophylaxis within the 60 minutes before clean surgery.
Authors
- Sally Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6412-8025)
- Nikki Grae
- Chris Frampton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0603-5661)
- Arthur J. Morris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0860-7187)
Institutions
- Ministry of Health (NZ)
- Auckland City Hospital (NZ)
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (AU)
- University of Otago (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJS Open
- Published
- 2025-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zraf120
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.01