The Role of Preoperative Antibiotics in Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Rate after Class I/Clean Gynaecologic Surgery at an Academic Safety Net Hospital

By sjmartinez • May 31, 2024

Khalfay N, Markovic D, Holschneider C, Dejbakhsh S, Escher K, Han M. The Role of Preoperative Antibiotics in Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Rate after Class I/Clean Gynaecologic Surgery at an Academic Safety Net Hospital. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2024 May;46(5):102404. doi: 10.1016/j.jogc.2024.102404. Epub 2024 Feb 8. PMID: 38336006.

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