Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The surgical site infection rate was 10.9% with the wound protector vs. 20.5% with conventional gauze. There was ...

April 26, 2011 — Surgical site infection (SSI) in contaminated wounds can be dramatically reduced by a simple daily wound-probing protocol (WPP), according to the results of a prospective, randomized ...

A lack of consensus for the term “immunocompromised” suggests that studies demonstrating the effectiveness of infection prevention in surgical patients at a high risk of wound infection may have ...

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--New clinical evidence demonstrates the value of Applied Medical’s Alexis wound protector/retractor in pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) procedures, also ...

CARSON CITY -- When state investigators asked a Sparrow Carson surgeon why he packed and stitched gauze into a patient’s infected surgical wound, he responded that the procedure was used “in the old ...

Nosocomial infections are defined as infections acquired in the hospital. There must be no evidence that the infection was present or incubating at the time of hospital admission. Usually, an ...

Until eight months ago, it was believed at this hospital that these problems were limited to metropolitan areas and large hospitals, for only 7 infections had been encountered as complications in 1740 ...

In a prospective study of 1,009 adult patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, we determined the association between a variety of preoperative and operative ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Needing to keep surgical wounds dry for 24 to 72 hours postoperatively interferes with hygiene and daily life.

A study published on bmj.com today concludes that using metal staples to close wounds after orthopedic (joint) surgery can lead to a greater risk of infection than using traditional nylon sutures.