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Table 3.

Antibiotic Agents Used for Prophyaxis

	Pre-intervention cohort (n = 158)		Post-intervention cohort (n = 151)
Antibiotic	Number of patient operations	%	Number of patient operations	%	p
Cefoxitin	82	51.9	26	17.2	<0.001
Cefotetan	9	5.7	3	2.0	0.139
Cefazolin ± metronidazole	41	25.9	24	15.9	0.030
Any cephalosporin	132	83.5	53	35.1	<0.001
Ertapenem	4	2.5	82	54.3	<0.001
Other antibiotic agents	10^a	6.3	4^b	2.6	0.120
No antibiotic given before completion of laparotomy	12	7.6	12	7.9	0.908

^{^a}

Ampicillin/sulbactam, 1; piperacillin/tazobactam, 4; ciprofloxacin ± metronidazole or clindamycin, 4; vancomycin + metronidazole, 1.

^{^b}

Piperacillin/tazobactam, 1; ciprofloxacin ± metronidazole or clindamycin, 2; vancomycin, 1.