Topically Applied Vancomycin Powder Reduces the Rate of Surgical Site Infection in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Foot and Ankle Surgery. – PubMed – NCBI.

This interesting retrospective cohort study from our SALSAmigo, UPMC’s Dane Wukich and coworkers seems to support sprinkling a glycopeptide antibiotic postoperatively to reduce risk for infection.