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Disclosures: Current research funding from Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories

Despite the routine use of prophylactic antibiotics and other Surgical Care Improvement Project guidelines, surgical site infection (SSI) continues to be a significant problem, with an cost exceeding $1 billion annually in the United States alone. These infections number approximately 500,000 per year, among an estimated 27 million surgical procedures and account for approximately one quarter of the estimated 2 million nosocomial infections in the United States each year. Indeed, the Institute of Medicine’s «100 Initial Priority Topics for Comparative Effectiveness Research» includes a reduction in health care associated infections including SSI in its 25 medical needs of highest priority.