Name: Surveillance of wound infections
Creator: Apr Wilson
Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Population Surveillance, Surveys and Questionnaires, Outpatients, Humans, Surgical Wound Infection, Hospital Units, Severity of Illness Index, United Kingdom

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 1995 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Journal of Hospital Infection, volume 29, pages 81-86 (issn: 0195-6701,

Authors: Apr Wilson;

doi: 10.1016/0195-6701(95)90190-6

pmid: 7759836

Surveillance of wound infections

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Abstract

Demands are increasing for accurate rates of wound infection in surgical units. However, definitions vary widely and resources are limited. Wound scoring methods improve objectivity and have the power to show changes with time, but they can be laborious. Without community surveillance, inpatient rates can also be misleading.

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University College London
United Kingdom
University College Hospital
United Kingdom

Keywords

Population Surveillance, Surveys and Questionnaires, Outpatients, Humans, Surgical Wound Infection, Hospital Units, Severity of Illness Index, United Kingdom

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