Document Type
Critically Appraised Topic
Publication Date
8-2020
Specific Care Question
In children undergoing cardiac, orthopedic, or neuro-shunt surgery, is there harm in completing vancomycin versus not completing vancomycin infusion prior to first incision? Harms include surgical site infections (SSI), mortality, length of stay or costs.
Keywords
Surgical Site Infection; Vancomycin
Recommended Citation
Children's Mercy Kansas City, "Surgical site infection prevention - timing of preoperative vancomycin administration: Summary" (2020). Clinical Critically Appraised Topics. 16.
https://scholarlyexchange.childrensmercy.org/clinical-critically-appraised-topics/16
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