Article: Reducing Surgical Wound Infections with Supplemental Oxygen.

Article: Prophylactic antibiotics in surgery and surgical ...
The American Surgeon;  February 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... principles of wound infections and their appropriate ... development of surgical wound infection include ... efforts to prevent surgical wound infections. Unfortunately ... hospitalized patients, surgical wound infections account for approximately ...

Article: Surveillance system finds missed surgical wound ...
Wound Care;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Surveillance system finds missed surgical wound infections SSI rates drop under new procedures A surgical ... listing to surgeons, asking them to note any surgical wound infections that occur within 30 days after discharge, meaning ...

Article: Re: Hypothermia reduces resistance to surgical ...
The American Surgeon;  December 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... 359, April 1999) criticizes our study of surgical wound infections that was published in the New England Journal ... independently contribute to the incidence of wound infections. It is, thus, unlikely that observed temperature ...

Article: Laminar airflow and surgical wound ...
AORN Journal;  August 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... there was virtually no agreement about the importance of airborne contamination and its role on the incidence of surgical wound infections (SWIs). Advances in surgical technology during the 1960s (eg, orthopedic implants, organ transplants ...

Article: Preoperative povidone-iodine paint alone as effective as ...
Clinical Advisor;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... CD003949). Iodophor-impregnated drapes were not effective in four of the trials. Methods to prevent surgical wound infections continue to be an important research topic. A recent randomized trial evaluated the addition of a five-minute ...

Article: Chain of custody; nosocomial surgical wound ...
AORN Journal;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...QUESTION: Our hospital handles a patient population in an area in which there is a high incidence of gunshot wounds. We retrieve bullets from wounds, and the police department picks them up on a routine basis for evidence. Should we be handling the bullets in any special way? What is the definition

Article: Perioperative Oxygen Administration Reduces Postoperative ...
Critical Care Alert;  June 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... postoperative surgical wound infections, Greif and colleagues ... surgery had fewer wound infections than those who ... less oxygen. The surgical wound infection rates ... that preventing surgical wound infections is a good idea ...