During the study, 63% of elective colorectal surgery patients received 3 g cefazolin instead of a 2 g dose. The increased dose was not associated with decreased SSIs in the study population.

Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India ...

Department of Biotherapy, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China ...

[2,3] Cefazolin is one of the most commonly used antimicrobials in these patients because of its broad antimicrobial spectrum, favorable pharmacokinetics, and safety. [4,5,6] Heparin is frequently ...