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Guidelines for Complications of Cancer Treatment Vol VIII Part B

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Antibiotic Prophylaxis in OrthopaedicProsthetic SurgeryPrevention <strong>of</strong> surgical infection consists <strong>of</strong> perioperativemeasures like:1. augmenting the host response2. optimizing the wound environment3. decreasing the bacterial load introduced into the surgicalwound by clean air technology and surgical sitepreparation.4. Antibiotic prohylaxis: The administration <strong>of</strong> systemicantibiotics immediately be<strong>for</strong>e surgery is the mosteffective prophylactic measure in the prevention <strong>of</strong>infection 1 .a. perioperative prophylaxis to diminish the quantityand consequences <strong>of</strong> the bacterial contaminationthat occurs inevitably during the surgery.b. Postoperative prophylaxis to reduce the risk <strong>of</strong> jointinfection caused by the transient bacteremiasassociated with infection or instrumentation atremote sites.122

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