While Antibiotics Have Been Credited with Saving Lives,misuse of Antibiotics

question 22

Multiple Choice

While antibiotics have been credited with saving lives,misuse of antibiotics has contributed to the evolution of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) .Select the antibiotic application that has evidence to support it as a best practice and not,potentially,a misuse of antibiotics.

• A) Antibiotics should be administered 1 hour prior to surgical incision, within 2 hours for vancomycin or fluorquinolones for every procedure with an incision or entered body system.
• B) Vancomycin paste applied to cut edges of the sternum in cardiac surgery.
• C) Tobramycin and methylmethacrylate bead implants into deep orthopedic incisions at risk for osteomyelitis.
• D) Bacitracin ointment on a clean subcuticular sutured incision as part of the dressing.