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Table 3 Time from Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis (SAP) Administration to Incision (minutes)

From: Prophylactic antibiotic bundle compliance and surgical site infections: an artificial neural network analysis

Surgical Specialty, No. Surgical Procedures (%)

Mean

Median

p25th

p75th

IQR

SD

General Surgery, 315 (50.4)

28.6

13.0

8.0

24.0

16.0

90.0

Gynecology, 127 (16.3)

17.3

17.0

11.0

22.0

11.0

9.8

Neurosurgery, 95 (12.2)

36.1

18.0

11.0

33.8

22.8

103.7

Orthopedics, 93 (11.9)

41.1

20.0

14.0

32.5

18.5

142.3

Urology, 67 (8.6)

19.2

16.0

8.5

27.0

18.5

13.0

Vascular, 44 (5.6)

22.7

19.0

10.5

28.0

17.5

18.7

Plastics, 15 (1.9)

15.3

18.0

6.0

22.5

16.5

8.6

Thoracic, 15 (1.9)

37.5

14.0

7.5

36.0

28.5

63.8

ENT, 9 (1.2)

15.7

16.0

11.0

20.5

9.5

5.1

  1. P25th = 25th percentile; p75th = 75th percentile; IQR = interquartile range; SD = standard deviation