Pre and postoperative pharmacological guidelines

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Hi! I was wondering if anybody could help me out - I'm an FNP student and I'm working on a case study that involves antibiotic prophylaxis for surgical wounds. I was wondering if anyone had any links or info for what might include pre and postoperative pharmacological guidelines to prevent surgical wound infections?

I have utilized several journal search engines such as CINAHL and PubMed and have looked in surgical textbooks and so far, all I can find are wound prep suggestions, the wound classification system (clean, dirty, etc.), and which pathogens would be possible infective sources.

I guess what I want to know is are there any specific written guidelines out there other than what I have found; and does it sound like I am on the right track?

Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide! :wink2:

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Hi! I was wondering if anybody could help me out - I'm an FNP student and I'm working on a case study that involves antibiotic prophylaxis for surgical wounds. I was wondering if anyone had any links or info for what might include pre and postoperative pharmacological guidelines to prevent surgical wound infections?

I have utilized several journal search engines such as CINAHL and PubMed and have looked in surgical textbooks and so far, all I can find are wound prep suggestions, the wound classification system (clean, dirty, etc.), and which pathogens would be possible infective sources.

I guess what I want to know is are there any specific written guidelines out there other than what I have found; and does it sound like I am on the right track?

Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide! :wink2:

Hello, Softballmama,

These links are old, but might point you in the right direction for your research:

http://www.aafp.org/afp/980600ap/woods.html

http://medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines/guide12.html

And, you might find something here. You may need to sign up to read the links. It is free.

http://search.medscape.com/uslclient/searchAll.do?queryText=current%20guidelines%20for%20antibiotic%20prophylaxsis%20of%20surgical%20wounds

And, you can always check the CDC:

http://www.cdc.gov/

Good luck.

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Specializes in Emergency, Cardiac, PAT/SPU, Urgent Care.

Thank you so much for your help, Siri!

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

You are welcome. I hope this helps ya.

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