98. Antibiotic Stewardship Interventions Significantly Improve Preferred Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Total Joint Arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: Most patients reporting a penicillin (PCN) allergy can tolerate cefazolin, the preferred prophylaxis in a total joint arthroplasty (TJA). The purpose of this study was to evaluate surgical prophylaxis in patients with a reported PCN allergy undergoing a TJA following a stewardship interv...

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Published in:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: Quartuccio, Katelyn, Roberts, Raquel, Pillinger, Kelly E, Heintz, Eric, Stern, Jessica, Myers, Thomas
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7777560/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.408
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