Assessing Parenteral Antibiotics Versus Single-time Intra-operative Intra-dermal Antibiotic Administration for Prevention of SSI

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients above the age of 18 years * Patients undergoing open and laparoscopic elective, CDC class I \& II surgeries Exclusion Criteria: * Patients exhibiting hypersensitivity reaction to ceftriaxone * Patients who are immunocompromised (retroviral disease and corticosteroid use) * Patients not consenting to be a part of this study * Pregnancy * Febrile illness or leucocytosis at the time of surgery * Planned for staged/multiple interventions during the hospital stay (endoscopies, image-guided biopsies etc) * Patients with a possible septic focus distant from the surgical site such as diabetic foot ulcers.