SCIP guidelines

Have a handful of GYN surgeons who outright refuse all antibiotics for diagnostic laparoscopies, ectopic pregnancies ; just iodine over the belly and go. Digging around in the pelvis, mobilizing and cutting tissues for hour or two without antibiotics seems bizarre to me. Any laparoscopic surgeries by gen surg include preincision antibiotics as per SCIP. Where is the line if we feel it is clearly indicated and the surgeon outright refuses other then to proceed and document their refusal... SCIP guidelines
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