Clean High Risk

Note

Prophylaxis not routinely indicated in:

Clean Procedures:

  • no incision through oral, nasal or pharyngeal mucosa

  • no insertion of prosthetic material (e.g. lymph node excision)

OR

Clean Contaminated Low Risk:

  • Tonsillectomy

  • Adenoidectomy

  • Tympanoplasty

  • Mastoidectomy

  • Dental extraction

Penicillin Allergy/Anaphylaxis

Administer over 30 minutes just prior to procedure

q4h from time of pre-op dose