INTEGRIS Bass Baptist Health Center
600 S. Monroe
P.O. Box 3168
Enid, OK 73701
(580) 233-2300
Surgical Infection Prevention
Percent of Patients Receiving Prophylactic Antibiotics within One Hour of Incision

Antibiotics are medicines used to prevent and treat infections. Research shows that surgery patients who get antibiotics within the hour before their operation are less likely to get wound infections. Getting an antibiotic earlier, or after surgery begins, is not as effective. This shows how often hospitals make sure surgery patients get antibiotics at the right time.

Higher percentages are better.

Source: http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
     
 

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