Team of doctors and nurses wear masks and gloves and prepare for surgery. Study authors sought to determine whether surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis administration following cord clamping led to an ...

Delays prior to surgery and the type of antibiotic prophylaxis administered prior to surgery may affect surgical site infection rates, according to research presented at the American Academy of ...

Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis using non-beta‑lactams administered before major surgery was independently associated with a significantly higher risk for surgical site infection than conventional ...

Delivering microdose incision-site injections of clindamycin significantly reduced the rate of surgical site infections (SSIs) in skin cancer surgery. However, prophylaxis with flucloxacillin did not ...

Are we overlooking a critical factor in surgical site infections (SSIs)? In the quest for sterile operating rooms and antibiotic prophylaxis, a groundbreaking study suggests we've missed a vital piece ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Surgical specialty — namely, cardiac and orthopedic procedures — and the perception of high MRSA prevalence in a ...

Surgical site infection (SSI) is a common complication of adult and pediatric surgery. Appropriate use of perioperative surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) can help to minimize the incidence of SSI ...

Adding vancomycin to beta-lactam prophylaxis with cefazolin did not help prevent surgical-site infections in patients undergoing arthroplasty mostly for the knees or hips, a randomized trial showed.

Unrecognized or silent perioperative myocardial ischemia is common in patients who undergo high-risk surgery, including cystectomy, and could predict cardiac morbidity and mortality in postoperative ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . KOLOA, Hawaii — Despite mounting research, there is no FDA approved intracameral antibiotic for cataract surgery ...