Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis

Affiliations

¹ National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Doherty Institute, Royal Melbourne Hospital/University of Melbourne.
² Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health and Monash University, Melbourne.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne.

Review

Courtney Ierano et al. Aust Prescr. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;40(6):225-229.

doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2017.073. Epub 2017 Nov 14.

¹ National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Doherty Institute, Royal Melbourne Hospital/University of Melbourne.
² Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health and Monash University, Melbourne.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: none declared

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