Surgical Wound Irrigation: Strategy for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection
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Surgical Wound Irrigation: Strategy for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection
A recent prevalence study found that surgical site infections (SSI) were the most common healthcare-associated infection (HAI), accounting for 31% of all HAIs among hospitalized patients [1]. The World Health Organization (WHO) report on the global burden of endemic HAI-SSI incidence was 11.8 per 100 surgical patients undergoing surgical procedures (95% CI: 8.6–16.0) and 5.6 per 100 surgical pr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nursing & Care Open Access Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2572-8474
DOI: 10.15406/ncoaj.2017.03.00062