title: Antibiotic prophylaxis for scheduled operative procedures.
abstract: As a result of numerous trials during the past two decades addressing antibiotic prophylaxis for surgical procedures, it has been established that appropriately administered antibiotic prophylaxis reduces the risk of postoperative infection by about 50% when compared with comparable untreated patients. Antibiotics cannot completely eliminate all risk of infection, however, and will never be a substitute for good surgical practices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ulualp
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Condon
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011292:Premedication; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents