The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the use of a preoperative antibiotic bowel regimen is associated with a reduced risk of deep organ/space surgical site infection in gynecologic oncology surgery.
This is a retrospective chart review study. Patients who underwent scheduled intra-abdominal surgery with a WellSpan gynecologic oncologist will be identified and their chart reviewed for demographic data of age, race, BMI, comorbidities, and type of surgery. Those patients who had a deep organ/space surgical site infection within 30 days postoperatively will be identified. The numbers of these infections before and after August 2020, at which time all patients moving forwards were prescribed antibiotic bowel preparation, will then be statistically analyzed and compared to see if the institution of the antibiotic bowel preparation was associated with a reduction in surgical site infection.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
778
As an observational study, this notates patients who were diagnosed with a deep organ/space surgical site infection within 30 days of surgery
WellSpan
York, Pennsylvania, United States
Surgical Site Infection Rates Associated with Antibiotic Bowel Prep
Rate of surgical site infection rate as associated with or without use of antibiotic bowel preparation
Time frame: 2019-2021
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