Identification and Voluntary Reduction of Vancomycin Use for Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis during Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Suzanne M. Pear; Deborah L. Goldsmith; Theresa H. Williamson; David Mandel; Gulshan K. Sethi; David A. Arzouman; Neil M. Ampel

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Identification and Voluntary Reduction of Vancomycin Use for Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis during Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Suzanne M. Pear, Deborah L. Goldsmith, Theresa H. Williamson, David Mandel, Gulshan K. Sethi, David A. Arzouman, Neil M. Ampel

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Vancomycin prophylaxis for coronary artery bypass graft surgery without prosthetic valve implantation voluntarily decreased from 94% to 18% in one medical center. Median hospital stay (10 vs 9 days, P=.30) and number of postoperative infections (17.0% vs 14.3%, P=.60) did not differ among patients who received vancomycin and those who did not.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	513-515
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	19
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/30141403
State	Published - Jul 1998

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