Surginfection

The timing of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis

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Synopsis

Published in the Annals of Surgery in 2008, this trial uses multivariate statistical analysis assessing timing of administration of 1.5g Cefuroxime as surgical prophylaxis and measuring SSI incidence. It found a significant decrease in the odds of SSI when antimicrobial prophylaxis was administered between 59 and 30 mins pre-incision