Lehigh Valley Hospital: When It Matters Most
 
Antibiotics Before Surgery
 
 

Surgical Care | Antibiotics within one hour before surgery


Why is this important?

Antibiotics help reduce your risk for infection.

Percent of surgery patients who received antibiotics within one hour before surgery, or within two hours if the antibiotic was vancomycin.


Key
Blue = Our results
Gray = National and state results
LVH-CC = Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest
LVH-M = Lehigh Valley Hospital - Muhlenberg
 
 


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