Antimicrobial prophylaxis in colorectal surgery The contents of this bulletin are likely to be valid for around one year, by which time significant new research evidence may have become available. s Antimicrobial prophylaxis is effective for the prevention of surgical wound infections in colorectal surgery and should be used. s No 'gold standard' regimen can be identified. There is no differenc...

OBJECTIVE Local delivery of prophylactic antibiotic to the wound site with an implanted, reabsorbable, gentamicin-containing collagen sponge (Collatamp) is a strategy that has been claimed to prevent sternal wound infection after cardiac surgery. The purpose of this study was to review our experience with Collatamp in cardiac surgery patients deemed at high risk for sternal wound infection. M...

BACKGROUND Wound infections are a common complication of surgery that add significantly to the morbidity of patients and costs of treatment. The global trend towards reducing length of hospital stay post-surgery and the increase in day case surgery means that surgical site infections (SSI) will increasingly occur after hospital discharge. Surveillance of SSIs is important because rates of SSI a...

The occurrence of post-operative wound infection was studied respectively over an eight month period in the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. One hundred and seventy four (3.4%) surgical wounds out of 5129 operations became infected. The clean wound infection rate was 2.9%, rising to 5.4% and 12.2% for clean-contaminated and contaminated surgical wounds respectively. Of the wound infections, 8...

INTRODUCTION Despite international recommendations and general agreement on the fact that more complications arise after caesarean section, Italy ranks first in the number of caesarean sections performed each year. Aim of this cohort study was to estimate the incidence of post-partum wound infections following caesarean section in a sample of low-risk women and to examine the main risk factors ...

BACKGROUND To evaluate hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in somatic (all admissions other than psychiatric) and psychiatric patients admitted to a tertiary university hospital in Oslo, before and after reorganization of the Norwegian healthcare system in 2002. METHODS Point prevalence studies were conducted four times per annum and over the period from 1995 to 2007. RESULTS A total of 57,...

background : burn wounds are one of the health problems in modern societies that are associated with irreparable harms and many side problems for patients and their families. infection due to burn wounds is the main cause of death in such patients. one of the methods to prevent infection of burn wounds is topical antibiotic ointments. this study aimed to investigate and identify effective ointm...

Vibrio vulnificus infection is the leading cause of death related to seafood consumption in the United States. This virulent, gram-negative bacterium causes two distinct syndromes. The first is an overwhelming primary septicemia caused by consuming raw or undercooked seafood, particularly raw oysters. The second is a necrotizing wound infection acquired when an open wound is exposed to warm sea...

Antimicrobial prophylaxis in colorectal surgery The contents of this bulletin are likely to be valid for around one year, by which time significant new research evidence may have become available. s Antimicrobial prophylaxis is effective for the prevention of surgical wound infections in colorectal surgery and should be used. s No 'gold standard' regimen can be identified. There is no differenc...