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Study: Early Antibiotics Can Reduce C-Section Infections
The data come from work by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine, University City Patch reported.
Administering at the surgery site, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Barnes-Jewish Hospital reported. That's according to University City Patch.
Quoting from the University City Patch article:
"The previous practice of waiting to give antibiotics until after the surgical delivery of the baby evolved out of concern that these drugs might hide signs of blood infection in the newborn. But other recent studies have shown that giving antibiotics in the hour before surgery both reduced the risk of infection in the mother and had no effect on the health of the infant."
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