Article: Improving surgical wound classification--why it matters.

Article: Surgical wound morbidity in an austere surgical ...
Military Medicine;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Surgical wound morbidity was analyzed ... based on concerns for surgical wound morbidity. Introduction ... attempt to answer. Surgical wound risk for postoperative ... Classification, and wound classification. The majority of ...

Article: Body piercing; perineal preps; insects in the OR; wound ...
AORN Journal;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Question: Recently, we have seen more patients coming into our surgery center with various pieces of jewelry in various ports of their body. Our policy states that patients must remove all jewelry before surgery, but we are encountering a lot of resistance from these patients. They claim that the

Article: Table overhang; hypothermia; separating sponges, skin lacerations ...
AORN Journal;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Question: We have a special custom cover designed to fit our crescent-shaped cardiovascular back table. The table cover has an extension that is designed to extend to the patient bed under the patient's legs. This extension remains folded on top of the back tab[e until the patient is draped. Our

Article: The "Year 2000" bug; OR storage; ultraviolet light use; ...
AORN Journal;  February 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Question: I have been hearing a great deal about the "Year 2000 problem" (Y2K) in the media, and I have seen reports of survivalists preparing for social and economic meltdown. I have not heard anything from my hospital administrators about their plans to deal with this problem. Is the sky really

Article: Prophylactic antibiotics in surgery and surgical ...
The American Surgeon;  February 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Predisposing factors for the development of surgical wound infection include the creation of a surgical wound, the presence of bacteria, and a ... research in the ongoing efforts to prevent surgical wound infections. Unfortunately, early ...

Article: Localized bullous pemphigoid occurring in a surgical ...
Dermatology Nursing;  April 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... blisters at the site of an abdominal surgical wound is reported. The diagnosis of bullous ... bullous pemphigoid occurring around a surgical wound is reported here to draw attention ... erosions at the site of an abdominal surgical wound. The patient previously had multiple ...

Article: Reducing Surgical Wound Infections with ...
Infectious Disease Alert;  March 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Reducing Surgical Wound Infections with Supplemental Oxygen ... oxygen to reduce the incidence of surgical-wound infection. N Engl J Med 2000 ... resulted in a 50% decrease in surgical wound infections. Although the study ...