Premium
THE USE OF AN AEROSOL ANTIBIOTIC IN MINOR SURGERY
Author(s) -
Purssey Brian S.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1970.tb116677.x
Subject(s) - minor surgery , antibiotics , prophylactic antibiotic , medicine , infection rate , surgery , antibiotic prophylaxis , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
A comparison is made between the infection rate of 153 cutaneous lesions excised with the use of local antibiotic spray and 127 lesions excised without antibiotic spray. The overall Infection rate was reduced from 17.3% to 5.9%. A case is made for the prophylactic use of antibiotic spray as a routine in minor surgery.