You are the junior doctor in the pre-assessment clinic. For each patient, first classify the wound, then tick everything this patient needs before and around surgery — tests, antibiotics, VTE prophylaxis, changes to medicines, and the plan. Leave unticked anything they do not need. Then check your orders: every choice is explained.
Based on
NICE NG45 (pre-operative tests), the Caprini score and ACCP guidance on VTE, ASHP and WHO guidance on antibiotic prophylaxis, and UK perioperative medicines guidance. Local policies differ: in your hospital, follow its guidance. Read the background in the pre-operative assessment, VTE and antibiotic prophylaxis guides, and score patients with the risk score calculator.
The patients are written for teaching and are not real.