Wound sepsis in 10,000 surgical patients.

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...

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Autores principales: Kirk, S. J., Cooper, G. C., Moorehead, R. J., Odling-Smee, G. W., McKelvey, S. T., Roy, A. D., Parks, T. G.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ulster Medical Society 1990
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2448258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2349747
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author Kirk, S. J.
Cooper, G. C.
Moorehead, R. J.
Odling-Smee, G. W.
McKelvey, S. T.
Roy, A. D.
Parks, T. G.
author_facet Kirk, S. J.
Cooper, G. C.
Moorehead, R. J.
Odling-Smee, G. W.
McKelvey, S. T.
Roy, A. D.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-24482582008-07-10 Wound sepsis in 10,000 surgical patients. Kirk, S. J. Cooper, G. C. Moorehead, R. J. Odling-Smee, G. W. McKelvey, S. T. Roy, A. D. Parks, T. G. Ulster Med J Research Article 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. Ulster Medical Society 1990-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2448258/ /pubmed/2349747 Text en
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Kirk, S. J.
Cooper, G. C.
Moorehead, R. J.
Odling-Smee, G. W.
McKelvey, S. T.
Roy, A. D.
Parks, T. G.
Wound sepsis in 10,000 surgical patients.
title Wound sepsis in 10,000 surgical patients.
title_full Wound sepsis in 10,000 surgical patients.
title_fullStr Wound sepsis in 10,000 surgical patients.
title_full_unstemmed Wound sepsis in 10,000 surgical patients.
title_short Wound sepsis in 10,000 surgical patients.
title_sort wound sepsis in 10,000 surgical patients.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2448258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2349747
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