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Conventional methods of surveillance for surgical site infections are resource intensive, thus creating an incentive to develop simpler alternatives. Antibiotic exposure may serve as a satisfactory marker for a physician's belief that infection is present and, therefore, may be a more efficient, and perhaps more accurate, measure than identification of an explicit diagnosis in the medical recor...

BACKGROUND An increasing number of older persons undergo surgery, but the relationship between increasing age and risk of surgical site infection (SSI) has not been established. The objective of the present study was to determine the relationship between increasing age and risk of SSI. METHODS The present cohort study included patients who underwent surgery between February 1991 and July 2002...

Soon after we took over as editors of Sexually Transmitted Infections in 2003 we were alerted by a reader to a potential overlap of content between material published in Sexually Transmitted Infections and in The Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. We investigated this and took our concerns to The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We subsequently published a Notice of...

Two hundred and seventeen total hip replacements were performed during a trial designed to assess the influence of a surgical isolator upon postoperative wound infection. The trial was controlled by performing 108 of the replacements in a standard plenumventilated theatre with twenty air changes/hr, which also housed the isolator procedures. Comparative postoperative wound infection rates were ...

Objective To assess the level of agreement between common definitions of wound infection that might be used as performance indicators. Design Prospective observational study. Setting London teaching hospital group receiving emergency cases as well as tertiary referrals. Participants 4773 surgical patients staying in hospital at least two nights. Main outcome measures Numbers of wound infections...

OBJECTIVE To assess the level of agreement between common definitions of wound infection that might be used as performance indicators. DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING London teaching hospital group receiving emergency cases as well as tertiary referrals. PARTICIPANTS 4773 surgical patients staying in hospital at least two nights. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Numbers of wound in...