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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery

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Written by SHEA, IDSA, ASHP, SIS
Monday, 04 February 2013
  • Guidelines
  • Sterilization and Disinfection
  • Surgical Site Infections
  • Infection Prevention

The guidelines are intended to provide practitioners with a standardized approach to the rational, safe, and effective use of antimicrobial agents for the prevention of surgical-site infections (SSIs) based on currently available clinical evidence and emerging issues.

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Reviewed March 2018.

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