Question

In surgical wounds the application of local antibiotics cream has shown to reduce the rate of infection, and is considered as standard therapy in wound management practice.TrueFalse

Answer 1

The use of topical antibiotics on clean surgical wounds has not been shown to reduce the rate of infection compared to the use of non-antibiotic ointment or no ointment. Topical antibiotics can aggravate open wounds, hindering the normal wound-healing process.

Answer: False