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An economic analysis of surgical wound infection
Journal of Hospital Infection, 2001Audit of surgical wound infection is not only an outcome indicator, but also an important aspect of infection control. The literature suggests an expensive 'gold standard' involving a full-time audit nurse collecting prospective data, including a 30-day follow-up into the community.Our study indicates that the cost of surgical wound infection is three ...
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Guidelines for Prevention of Surgical Wound Infection
Archives of Surgery, 1983Despite the widespread use of antibiotics, surgical wound infections continue to cause patient discomfort and drain on health care finances. More serious local complications often develop concomitantly (eg, cellulitis) or later (eg, incisional hernia).
Alexander Jw +3 more
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Surgical Site Infection Prevention: A Review.
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2023Importance Approximately 0.5% to 3% of patients undergoing surgery will experience infection at or adjacent to the surgical incision site. Compared with patients undergoing surgery who do not have a surgical site infection, those with a surgical site ...
Jessica L. Seidelman +2 more
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The American Journal of Surgery, 1957
Abstract 1. 1. The increase in wound infection on a surgical service led to a study of possible sources. 2. 2. The infection rate has no relation to monthly admission rate, number of “dirty” cases admitted or number of operative procedures. 3. 3. Staph.
John J. Byrne, Nlogha E. Okeke
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Abstract 1. 1. The increase in wound infection on a surgical service led to a study of possible sources. 2. 2. The infection rate has no relation to monthly admission rate, number of “dirty” cases admitted or number of operative procedures. 3. 3. Staph.
John J. Byrne, Nlogha E. Okeke
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The American Journal of Medicine, 1991
Wound infections remain a major source of postoperative morbidity, accounting for about a quarter of the total number of nosocomial infections. Today, many of these infections are first recognized in the outpatient clinic or in the patient's home due to the large number of operations done in the outpatient setting.
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Wound infections remain a major source of postoperative morbidity, accounting for about a quarter of the total number of nosocomial infections. Today, many of these infections are first recognized in the outpatient clinic or in the patient's home due to the large number of operations done in the outpatient setting.
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Deep Sternal Wound Infection: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention.
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 2020Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) is a rare but potentially devastating complication of median sternotomy performed in cardiac surgery. The incidence of DSWI is reported to be between 0.2% and 3%.
P. Phoon, N. Hwang
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Surgical wound assessment by sonography in the prediction of surgical wound infections
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 2016Surgical site infections (SSIs) are important sources of morbidity, prolonged hospital stays, and readmissions, so they have become a major economic burden. We hypothesized that surgical wound assessment by sonography (SWATS) used at the bedside would detect wound fluid collections and that the presence of such collections would predict SSI better than
Georgi D. Gospodinov +8 more
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Pediatric surgical wound infections
Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2001Abstract Postoperative wound infections are one of the most common nosocomial infections in surgical patients and the third most common nosocomial infection in all hospitalized patients. Surgical wound infections commonly increase the need for antibiotics and increase the length of stay and hospital costs.
Kevin P. Lally, Holly L. Neville
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Prevention of Infection in Surgical Wounds
New England Journal of Medicine, 1957WOUND infection has become one of the most difficult surgical problems of the current decade.1 Widespread bacterial resistance and crossinfection of the hospital population have been observed repeatedly,2 , 3 and alleged by some to be penalties of indiscriminate use of antibiotics.4 , 5 Until eight months ago, it was believed at this hospital that ...
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Surgical wound infections: An overview
The American Journal of Medicine, 1981There have been three major avenues by which control over infection has been increased: (1) Preservation of host defenses, (2) antisepsis and (3) asepsis. Despite the major successes we have had, infection remains the major limitor of surgical horizons.
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