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Antibiotic prophylaxis for cardiac surgery — are we getting it right?
Author(s) -
Christiansen Keryn J
Publication year - 2010
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.1326-5377.2010.tb03446.x
Subject(s) - citation , medicine , library science , family medicine , computer science
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 1 February 2010 192 3 117-118 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2010 www.mja.com.au Editorials pathway has been demonstrated to improve adheren laxis, with a reduction in surgical site infections. In th Journal (page 141), a study by Haydon and colleague antibiotic prophylaxis protocol use in 45 Australian c units increased significantly between 2004 and 2008 80%), but concordance with version 13 of the Australi guidelines: antibiotic was poor when both choice The latest evidence for the essential elements of surgical prophylaxis protocols