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Y Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Spine Surgery | NASS Clinical Guidelines 1 G Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines for Multidisciplinary ETHODOLO Spine Care M NE I DEL I U /G ON Antibiotic Prophylaxis in I NTRODUCT Spine Surgery I NASS Evidence-Based Clinical Guidelines Committee William O. Shaffer, MD Committee Chair Jamie Baisden, MD Robert Fernand, MD Paul Matz, MD This clinical guideline should not be construed as including all proper methods of care or excluding or other acceptable methods of care reason- ably directed to obtaining the same results. The ultimate judgment regarding any specific procedure or treatment is to be made by the physi- cian and patient in light of all circumstances presented by the patient and the needs and resources particular to the locality or institution. I NTRODUCT 2 Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Spine Surgery | NASS Clinical Guidelines I ON Financial Statement This clinical guideline was developed and funded in its entirety by the North American Spine Society (NASS). All participating /G authors have disclosed potential conflicts of interest consistent with NASS’ disclosure policy. Disclosures are listed below: U I DEL Range Key: I NE William O. Shaffer, MD Nothing to disclose. Level A. $100 to $1,000 M Level B. $1,001 to $10,000 ETHODOLO Paul G. Matz, MD Nothing to disclose. Level C. $10,001 to $25,000 Level D. $25,001 to $50,000 Level E. $50,001 to $100,000 Jamie Baisden, MD Nothing to disclose. Level F. $100,001 to $500,000 G Level G. $500,001 to $1M Y Level H. $1,000,001 to $2.5M Robert Fernand, MD Nothing to disclose. Level I. Greater than $2.5M Comments Comments regarding the guideline may be submitted to the North American Spine Society and will be considered in develop- ment of future revisions of the work. Special Thanks The North American Spine Society would like to express its thanks to Dr. Nikolai Bogduk for generating the calculations in Ap- pendix E to explain the prohibitive nature of the sample sizes required to yield Level I data for the efficacy of antibiotic prophy- laxis. North American Spine Society Clinical Guidelines for Multidisciplinary Spine Care Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Spine Surgery Copyright © 2013 North American Spine Society 7075 Veterans Boulevard Burr Ridge, IL 60527 USA 630.230.3600 www.spine.org ISBN 1-929988-31-1 This clinical guideline should not be construed as including all proper methods of care or excluding or other acceptable methods of care reason- ably directed to obtaining the same results. The ultimate judgment regarding any specific procedure or treatment is to be made by the physi- cian and patient in light of all circumstances presented by the patient and the needs and resources particular to the locality or institution. Y Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Spine Surgery | NASS Clinical Guidelines 3 G Table of Contents ETHODOLO M NE I DEL I I. Introduction ...................................................................4 U /G ON II. Guideline Development Methodology ..............................................5 I III. Recommendations Regarding Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Spine Surgery .....................8 A. Efficacy ........................................................................8 NTRODUCT B. Protocol ......................................................................20 I . C Redosing......................................................................37 . D Discontinuation ................................................................40 E. Wound Drains .................................................................44 . F Body Habitus ..................................................................46 G. Comorbidities . .48 H. Complications . .52 IV. Appendices...................................................................55 A. Levels of Evidence for Primary Research Questions . .55 B. Grades of Recommendations for Summaries or Reviews of Studies.......................56 . C Linking Levels of Evidence to Grades of Recommendation ..............................57 D. NASS Literature Search Protocol ..................................................58 E. Comparing the Prevalence of Rare Events ...........................................59 F. Comparing 2007 Recommendations to Current Recommendations . 60 V. References . 66 A technical report, including the literature search parameters and evidentiary tables developed by the au- thors, can be accessed at http://www.spine.org/Documents/Antibiotic_Prophylaxis_TechRept.pdf This clinical guideline should not be construed as including all proper methods of care or excluding or other acceptable methods of care reason- ably directed to obtaining the same results. The ultimate judgment regarding any specific procedure or treatment is to be made by the physi- cian and patient in light of all circumstances presented by the patient and the needs and resources particular to the locality or institution. I NTRODUCT 4 Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Spine Surgery | NASS Clinical Guidelines I ON I. Introduction /G U I DEL Objective col. The recommendations made in this guideline are based on I NE The objective of the North American Spine Society (NASS) Ev- evidence related to open procedures. No evidence was reviewed M idence-Based Clinical Guideline on Antibiotic Prophylaxis in related to efficacy and protocol for the use of antibiotic prophy- ETHODOLO Spine Surgery is to provide evidence-based recommendations to laxis in percutaneous procedures. address key clinical questions surrounding the use of prophy- lactic antibiotics in spine surgery. The guideline is intended to THIS GUIDELINE DOES NOT REPRESENT A “STAN- address these questions based on the highest quality clinical lit- DARD OF CARE,” nor is it intended as a fixed treatment pro- G erature available on this subject as of June 2011. The goals of the tocol. It is anticipated that there will be patients who will require Y guideline recommendations are to assist in delivering optimum, less or more treatment than the average. It is also acknowledged efficacious treatment with the goal of preventing surgical infec- that in atypical cases, treatment falling outside this guideline tion. will sometimes be necessary. This guideline should not be seen as prescribing the type, frequency or duration of intervention. Scope, Purpose and Intended User Treatment should be based on the individual patient’s need and doctor’s professional judgment. This document is designed to This document was developed by the North American Spine function as a guideline and should not be used as the sole reason Society Evidence-based Guideline Development Committee as for denial of treatment and services. This guideline is not intend- an educational tool to assist spine surgeons in preventing surgi- ed to expand or restrict a health care provider’s scope of practice cal site infections. This guideline is an update to the 2007 ver- or to supersede applicable ethical standards or provisions of law. sion. The NASS Clinical Guideline on Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Spine Surgery addresses the efficacy and appropriate protocol for antibiotic prophylaxis and discusses redosing, discontinuation, Patient Population wound drains, as well as special considerations related to the po- The patient population for this guideline encompasses adults (18 tential impact of comorbidities on antibiotic prophylaxis proto- years or older) undergoing spine surgery. This clinical guideline should not be construed as including all proper methods of care or excluding or other acceptable methods of care reason- ably directed to obtaining the same results. The ultimate judgment regarding any specific procedure or treatment is to be made by the physi- cian and patient in light of all circumstances presented by the patient and the needs and resources particular to the locality or institution. Y Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Spine Surgery | NASS Clinical Guidelines 5 G II. Guideline Development Methodology ETHODOLO M NE Through objective evaluation of the evidence and transparency cate the strength of the recommendations made in the guideline I DEL in the process of making recommendations, it is NASS’ goal to based on the quality of the literature. I develop evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for the diag- U nosis and treatment of adult patients with various spinal condi- Grades of Recommendation: /G ON tions. These guidelines are developed for educational purposes A: Good evidence (Level I studies with consistent findings) I to assist practitioners in their clinical decision-making process- for or against recommending intervention. es. It is anticipated that where evidence is very strong in support of recommendations, these recommendations will be operation- B: Fair evidence (Level II or III studies with consistent find- NTRODUCT alized into performance measures. ings) for or against recommending intervention. I Multidisciplinary Collaboration C: Poor quality evidence (Level IV or V studies) for or With the goal of ensuring the best possible care for adult patients against recommending intervention. suffering with spinal disorders, NASS is committed to multidis- ciplinary involvement in the process of guideline and perfor- I: Insufficient or conflicting evidence not allowing a recom- mance measure development. To this end, NASS has ensured mendation for or against intervention. that representatives from medical, interventional and surgical spine specialties have participated in the development and re- Levels of evidence have very specific criteria and are assigned to view of all NASS guidelines. To ensure

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