Alert Your Pharmacist to Postoperative Antibiotic Orders Without Stop Dates

January 2017

You'll see more focus on preventing surgical site infections.

Infection control experts are looking for a 30% reduction in these hospital-acquired infections by 2020...and appropriate antibiotic treatment for surgery patients is key.

Preoperative antibiotics. In most cases, infusions should be started within 60 minutes of surgical incision, or "cut time."

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Alert Your Pharmacist to Postoperative Antibiotic Orders Without Stop Dates

Practical advice for a better career, with unlimited access to CE

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