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Nurses' practice in preventing postoperative wound infections: an observational study

Author(s) -

Sandrine Ding,

Frances Lin,

Andrea P. Marshall,

Brigid M. Gillespie

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of wound care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52

H-Index - 65

eISSN - 2052-2916

pISSN - 0969-0700

DOI - 10.12968/jowc.2017.26.1.28

Subject(s) - medicine , wound care , observational study , asepsis , guideline , surgical wound , hygiene , audit , surgical nursing , medline , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , surgery , nursing , nurse education , primary nursing , management , pathology , political science , law , economics

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are serious postoperative complications that may lead to undesired patient outcomes. Previous research has used survey and chart audit methods to describe wound care practices. However, little research has been published using contemporaneous observations to describe the surgical wound management practices of nurses. The aim of this study was to prospectively describe surgical nurses' postoperative wound care practices and the extent to which observed surgical wound practices aligned with evidence-based guideline recommendations.

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