Wound sepsis in 10,000 surgical patients.
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A twelve year prospective wound audit was undertaken in an academic surgical unit. Data from 10,000 operations were analysed. Overall, wound infection rates decreased during this time. Infection rates in contaminated wounds in particular fell from 19.2% to 4.7%. This decrease in wound infection may be related in part to a change in the antibiotic prophylactic regimen and in part to the institution of the wound sepsis audit which provided regular information on the unit infection rates. This audit permitted early detection of adverse trends, and may have had a direct influence on surgical techniques.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Ulster Medical Journal
دوره 59 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1990