Surgical site infections are the most common nosocomial infections in surgical patients, accounting for approximately
500,000 infections annually. Surgical site infections also account for nearly 4 million excess hospital days
annually, and nearly $2 billion in increased health care costs. To reduce the burden of these infections, a partnership
of national organizations, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, created the Surgical Care Improvement Project and developed six infection prevention
measures. Of these, three core measures contain recommendations regarding selection of prophylactic antibiotic,
timing of administration, and duration of therapy. For most patients undergoing clean-contaminated surgeries (e.g.,
cardiothoracic, gastrointestinal, orthopedic, vascular, gynecologic), a cephalosporin is the recommended prophylactic
antibiotic. Hospital compliance with infection prevention measures is publically reported. Because primary care
physicians participate in the pre- and postoperative care of patients, they should be familiar with the Surgical Care
Improvement Project recommendations. (Am Fam Physician. 2011;83(5):585-590. Copyright © 2011 American Academy
of Family Physicians.)
Surgical site infections are the most common nosocomial infections in surgical patients, accounting for approximately500,000 infections annually. Surgical site infections also account for nearly 4 million excess hospital daysannually, and nearly $2 billion in increased health care costs. To reduce the burden of these infections, a partnershipof national organizations, including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention, created the Surgical Care Improvement Project and developed six infection preventionmeasures. Of these, three core measures contain recommendations regarding selection of prophylactic antibiotic,timing of administration, and duration of therapy. For most patients undergoing clean-contaminated surgeries (e.g.,cardiothoracic, gastrointestinal, orthopedic, vascular, gynecologic), a cephalosporin is the recommended prophylacticantibiotic. Hospital compliance with infection prevention measures is publically reported. Because primary carephysicians participate in the pre- and postoperative care of patients, they should be familiar with the Surgical CareImprovement Project recommendations. (Am Fam Physician. 2011;83(5):585-590. Copyright © 2011 American Academyof Family Physicians.)
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