Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis use and infection prevalence in non-cosmetic breast surgery procedures at a tertiary hospital in Western Australia—a retrospective study

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Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis use and infection prevalence in non-cosmetic breast surgery procedures at a tertiary hospital in Western Australia—a retrospective study

Copyright 2018 Lavers et al. Background. Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a common complication following breast surgery procedures, despite being considered a clean surgery. The prevalence of SSIs can be minimised with the appropriate use of antibiotic prophylaxis as outlined in the Australian T...

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Main Authors:	Lavers, Ainslie, Yip, Wai Siong, Sunderland, Bruce, Parsons, Richard, Mackenzie, S., Seet, J., Czarniak, Petra
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	PeerJ, Ltd. 2018
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72955

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