Timing Is Everything: Recognizing the Importance of Infusion Duration in Preoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis

• Main Authors: Peter Oakes (Author), Lindsay Donohue (Author), Sunny Chiao (Author), Susan Ketcham (Author), James Terenyi (Author), Traci Hedrick (Author), Amy Mathers (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: For preoperative antimicrobials to be most effective in preventing surgical site infection, they must be administered early enough to reach a minimum tissue concentration that is specific to each drug. However, antibiotics have widely ranging infusion durations, from intravenous push ove...