"SCIP"ping antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines in trauma: The consequences of noncompliance

• Published in: The journal of trauma and acute care surgery Vol. 73; no. 2; p. 452
• Main Authors: Smith, Brian P, Fox, Nicole, Fakhro, Abdulla, LaChant, Mary, Pathak, Abhijit S, Ross, Steven E, Seamon, Mark J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2012
• Subjects: Abdominal Injuries - mortality; Abdominal Injuries - surgery; Adolescent; Adult; Antibiotic Prophylaxis - standards; Cohort Studies; Emergencies; Female; Guideline Adherence; Hospital Mortality - trends; Humans; Injury Severity Score; Laparotomy - methods; Laparotomy - mortality; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Predictive Value of Tests; Preoperative Care - methods; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Surgical Wound Infection - mortality; Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control; Survival Analysis; Trauma Centers; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult

The Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) established surgical antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines as part of a national patient safety initiative aimed at reducing surgical complications such as surgical site infection (SSI). Although these antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines have become well establ...