Open AccessSurgeon choice in the use of postdischarge antibiotics for prophylaxis following mastectomy with and without breast reconstruction
Author(s) -
David K. Warren,
Katelin B. Nickel,
Christopher Hostler,
Katherine Foy,
Jennifer Han,
Pam Tolomeo,
Ian R Banks,
Victoria J. Fraser,
Margaret A. Olsen,
Cdc Prevention Epicenter Program
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection control and hospital epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.243
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1559-6834
pISSN - 0899-823X
DOI - 10.1017/ice.2020.462
Subject(s) - medicine , discontinuation , mastectomy , breast reconstruction , retrospective cohort study , antibiotics , antibiotic prophylaxis , surgery , general surgery , breast surgery , cohort , mammaplasty , cohort study , breast cancer , cancer , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Multiple guidelines recommend discontinuation of prophylactic antibiotics <24 hours after surgery. In a multicenter, retrospective cohort of 2,954 mastectomy patients ± immediate breast reconstruction, we found that utilization of prophylactic postdischarge antibiotics varied dramatically at the surgeon level among general surgeons and was virtually universal among plastic surgeons.