Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Surgery: An Advisory Statement from the National Surgical Infection Prevention Project
Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality · Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Abstract
In January 2003, leadership of the Medicare National Surgical Infection Prevention Project hosted the Surgical Infection Prevention Guideline Writers Workgroup (SIPGWW) meeting. The objectives were to review areas of agreement among the most-recently published guidelines for surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis, to address inconsistencies, and to discuss issues not currently addressed. The participants included authors from most of the groups that have published North American guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis, as well as authors from several specialty colleges. Nominal group process was used to draft a consensus paper that was widely circulated for comment. The consensus positions of SIPGWW include that…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 40.78
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 91
Authors
3- WDWilliam DaleCorresponding
Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- MPM. Peter
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality
- FTfor the Surgical Infection Prevention Guidelines Writers Workgroup
Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Antimicrobial
- Antibiotic prophylaxis
- Workgroup
- Surgical Infections
- Guideline
- Specialty
- Intensive care medicine