Practice guidelines for adult antibiotic prophylaxis during vascular and interventional radiology procedures. Written by the Standards of Practice Committee for the Society of Interventional Radiology and Endorsed by the Cardiovascular Interventional Radiological Society of Europe and Canadian Interventional Radiology Association [corrected].

From the Center for Interventional Oncology, Radiology and Imaging Sciences (A.M.V.), National Institutes of Health Clinical Center; Department of Radiology and Radiologic Sciences (D.L.M.), Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; Department of Radiology (D.L.M.), National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda; Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology (B.J.D.), University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Medical Imaging (S.K.), Scarborough General Hospital; Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Medical Imaging (D.K.R.), University of Toronto, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Interventional Radiology (D.S.) and Section of Infectious Diseases (R.S.J.), Reading Hospital and Medical Center, West Reading; Department of Radiology, Division of Interventional Radiology (M.I.), University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia; Department of Radiology (J.F.C.), Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pennsylvania; Department of Interventional Radiology (M.J.W.), The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas; Department of Radiology (J.C.W.), Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Lafayette, Louisiana; Department of Radiology (S.C.R.), University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California; Department of Intercomplications from nosocomial infection. This document summarizes the findings from the available surgical and IR literature on this topic. Anticipated pathogens and corresponding antibiotic coverage (dose and duration) are enumerated for common vascular and nonvascular interventions in adults. Note that this document is intended to pro-