The Role of Guideline-adherent Perioperative Antibiotic Administration and the Risk of Surgical Site Infections After Non-cardiac Surgery.

Exclusion criteria

• ✕. Emergency surgery
• ✕. Open wound with or without infection
• ✕. Current active infection
• ✕. Transfusion of 4 or more units of packed red blood cells during surgery
• ✕. Preoperative sepsis or systemic inflammatory response syndrome within 48 hours prior to surgery 6 Ventilator dependence within 48 hours of surgery 7 Surgery within preceding 30 days 8 Ongoing preoperative antibiotic therapy 9 Missing perioperative antibiotic/medication documentation 10 Ophthalmic surgeries 11 Organ Transplants 12 Organ harvesting surgeries 13 ASA 5,6 14 Cardiac Surgeries 15 Age \<18 years
• ✕. Emergency surgery
• ✕. Ongoing preoperative antibiotic therapy 3. Missing perioperative antibiotic/medication documentation