Table 2.

Adequate perioperative intravenous antibiotic prophylaxes.

Type of surgery	Adequate perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis
Elective colorectal surgery	B or C
Elective gynaecological surgery
Clean procedures	A
Clean-contaminated, contaminated or dirty infected procedures	B or C
Elective removal of gall bladder	None
Acute appendectomy, no perforation	None
Acute appendectomy, with perforation	B or C
Other acute laparotomy,
Clean procedures	None
Clean-contaminated, contaminated or dirty infected procedures	B or C

A = cefuroxime 1.5 g; B = cefuroxime 1.5 g and metronidazole 1.0 g; C = ampicillin 2 g or benzylpenicillin 2 million IU in combination with gentamicin 0.240 g and metronidazole 1.0 g.

Adequate antibiotic prophylaxes divided by surgical procedure are based on the advisory statement from the National Surgical Infection Prevention Project [31].