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Surgeon choice in the use of postdischarge antibiotics for prophylaxis following mastectomy with and without breast reconstruction.

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Warren, DK; Nickel, KB; Hostler, CJ; Foy, K; Han, JH; Tolomeo, P; Banks, IR; Fraser, VJ; Olsen, MA; CDC Prevention Epicenter Program
Published in: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
April 2021

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.

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Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

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EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

April 2021

Volume

42

Issue

4

Start / End Page

467 / 470

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surgeons
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Patient Discharge
  • Mastectomy
  • Mammaplasty
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Epidemiology
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
 

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Warren, D. K., Nickel, K. B., Hostler, C. J., Foy, K., Han, J. H., Tolomeo, P., … CDC Prevention Epicenter Program. (2021). Surgeon choice in the use of postdischarge antibiotics for prophylaxis following mastectomy with and without breast reconstruction. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 42(4), 467–470. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.462
Warren, David K., Katelin B. Nickel, Christopher J. Hostler, Katherine Foy, Jennifer H. Han, Pam Tolomeo, Ian R. Banks, Victoria J. Fraser, Margaret A. Olsen, and CDC Prevention Epicenter Program. “Surgeon choice in the use of postdischarge antibiotics for prophylaxis following mastectomy with and without breast reconstruction.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 42, no. 4 (April 2021): 467–70. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.462.
Warren DK, Nickel KB, Hostler CJ, Foy K, Han JH, Tolomeo P, et al. Surgeon choice in the use of postdischarge antibiotics for prophylaxis following mastectomy with and without breast reconstruction. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Apr;42(4):467–70.
Warren, David K., et al. “Surgeon choice in the use of postdischarge antibiotics for prophylaxis following mastectomy with and without breast reconstruction.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, vol. 42, no. 4, Apr. 2021, pp. 467–70. Pubmed, doi:10.1017/ice.2020.462.
Warren DK, Nickel KB, Hostler CJ, Foy K, Han JH, Tolomeo P, Banks IR, Fraser VJ, Olsen MA, CDC Prevention Epicenter Program. Surgeon choice in the use of postdischarge antibiotics for prophylaxis following mastectomy with and without breast reconstruction. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2021 Apr;42(4):467–470.
Journal cover image

Published In

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol

DOI

EISSN

1559-6834

Publication Date

April 2021

Volume

42

Issue

4

Start / End Page

467 / 470

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Surgeons
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Patient Discharge
  • Mastectomy
  • Mammaplasty
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Epidemiology
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents