The Effect of a Multidisciplinary Training Group on Open Fractures

Johnson et al. concluded that patients received antibiotics significantly faster for open fractures when evaluated by a trauma-trained surgeon. Collin Jidal performed a retrospective cohort study of 298 open fractures before and after implementation of an open fracture performance improvement program. They reported a decrease in time to IV antibiotic administration from 70.5 minutes to 32.4 minutes.