Chapter 82- Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery

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IMPORTANT NOTE – PLEASE READ FIRST: This continuing education assessment requires that you first purchase the text book: Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice. Please go to our home page: http://www.rxugace.com/ and click on “Books” for more information Prior To Registering for this assessment.

Upon completion of the corresponding textbook chapter in Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice and this on-line assessment, the reader should be able to:

1. Discuss the epidemiology and impact of surgical wound infections on patient outcomes and health care costs.
2. Name and differentiate the four different types of surgical procedures.
3. Recognize at least three risk factors for post-operative wound infections.
4. Identify likely pathogens associated with different surgical operations.
5. Compare and contrast antimicrobials used for surgical prophylaxis and identify potential advantages and disadvantages for each antibiotic.
6. Discuss the importance of timing, duration, and redosing in relation to antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery.
7. Discuss the possible impact of antibiotic-impregnated bone cement and how this affects the use of antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery.
8. Be able to recommend appropriate prophylactic antimicrobial(s) given a surgical operation.
9. Discuss the importance of -lactam allergy screening and how this could impact resistance and health care costs.
10. Identify non-antimicrobial methods that can reduce the risk of post-operative infection.

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