Open AccessDecreased Time to Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Open Fractures at a Level One Trauma Center
Author(s) -
Joey P. Johnson,
Avi D. Goodman,
Adam Haag,
Roman Hayda
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of orthopaedic trauma
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1531-2291
pISSN - 0890-5339
DOI - 10.1097/bot.0000000000000928
Subject(s) - medicine , trauma center , emergency department , antibiotics , retrospective cohort study , antibiotic prophylaxis , emergency medicine , cohort , single center , pediatrics , surgery , nursing , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
To determine whether time to administration of antibiotics decreased after the implementation of an open fracture working group and antibiotic prophylaxis protocol.