Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis: Surgeons as Antimicrobial Stewards

J Am Coll Surg. 2020 Dec;231(6):766-768. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.08.767. Epub 2020 Sep 16.

Authors

David Miranda¹, Leonard A Mermel², E Patchen Dellinger³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
² Departments of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI; Infection Control & Epidemiology, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Electronic address: patch@uw.edu.

PMID: 32947035
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.08.767

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MeSH terms

Anti-Infective Agents / administration & dosage
Anti-Infective Agents / adverse effects
Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
Antibiotic Prophylaxis* / adverse effects
Antibiotic Prophylaxis* / methods
Antimicrobial Stewardship / methods*
Clostridioides difficile
Clostridium Infections / etiology
Humans
Surgeons / standards
Surgical Wound Infection / prevention & control

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents