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What is a prophylaxis?

What is a prophylaxis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) Prevention of, or protective treatment for disease.
  2. (chess) A move or strategy that frustrates an opponent's plan or tactic.
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In consequence, the author counsels vigorous treatment for psychosis and prophylaxis for those at risk of it.
She would also be encouraged to begin prophylaxis for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia with Bactrim.
The patient should then see a dentist immediately for splinting and antibiotic prophylaxis.
The fourth reading of circumcision saw it as a form of medical prophylaxis.
It was approved in 1993 for treatment and prophylaxis of infection in adults.
How can nurses plan for antibiotic prophylaxis, a role that is so important to patient safety?

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