Timing of preoperative antibiotics for knee arthroplasties: Improving the routines in Sweden

Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 22 - 22
Published: Jan 1, 2011
Abstract
A slight increase in revisions for infected joint arthroplasties has been observed in the Nordic countries since 2000 for which the reasons are unclear. However, in 2007 a Swedish study of the timing for prophylactic antibiotics in a random sample of knee arthroplasties found that only 57% of the patients had received the antibiotic during the optimal time interval 45-15 minutes before surgery. The purpose of the report was to evaluate the...
Paper Details
Title
Timing of preoperative antibiotics for knee arthroplasties: Improving the routines in Sweden
Published Date
Jan 1, 2011
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pages
22 - 22
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