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Recommendations Updated for Preventing Surgical Site Infections

TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) In an article published online May 4 in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, reclassified and updated recommendations are presented for the prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs) in acute-care hospitals. Michael S. Calderwood, M.D., M.P.H., from Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and colleagues synthesized evidence, ....

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Recommendations Updated for Preventing Surgical Site Infections

TUESDAY, May 16, 2023 (HealthDay News) In an article published online May 4 in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, reclassified and updated recommendations are presented for the prevention of ....

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New guidance: antibiotics should be halted up

Antibiotics administered before and during surgery should be discontinued immediately after a patient’s incision is closed, according to updated recommendations for preventing surgical site infections. Experts found no evidence that continuing antibiotics after a patient’s incision has been closed, even if it has drains, prevents surgical site infections. Continuing antibiotics does increase the patient’s risk of C. difficile infection, which causes severe diarrhea, and antimicrobial resistance. ....

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