Key references: Timing of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis

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  • Berríos-Torres SI, Umscheid CA, Bratzler DW, Leas B, Stone EC, Kelz RR, et al. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guideline for the prevention of surgical site infection, 2017.  JAMA Surg 2017;152(8):784–791 .[PubMed]
  • Garey KW, Dao T, Chen H, Amrutkar P, Kumar N, Reiter M, et al. Timing of vancomycin prophylaxis for cardiac surgery patients and the risk of surgical site infections. J Antimicrob Chemother 2006;58(3):645–650. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16807254
  • Weber WP, Mujagic E, Zwahlen M, Bundi M, Hoffmann H, Soysal SD, et al. Timing of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis: a phase 3 randomised controlled trial. Lancet Infect Dis 2017;17(6):605–14. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28385346