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Does Wound Care Education Speed Healing of Infected, Acute Wounds?
Author(s) -
Sherman J,
Lyndon A,
Hopf H
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
wound repair and regeneration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.847
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1524-475X
pISSN - 1067-1927
DOI - 10.1111/j.1067-1927.2004.0abstractdg.x
Subject(s) - medicine , wound care , chorioamnionitis , wound healing , wound closure , surgery , gestation , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Background : Wound infections cause significant morbidity in women after C‐Sections. Regular lectures on wound care were instituted for obstetrical residents at our institution in 1999. We hypothesized that resident education would decrease time to complete closure in post‐C‐Section wounds healing by secondary intention. Methods : With IRB approval, a retrospective chart review was performed to obtain the following information in patients treated pre (1996–1999) versus post (2000–2003) education intervention: age, race, occupation, social support, medical co‐morbidities, medications, week of gestation at delivery, duration of 1 st stage of labor, length of ruptured membranes, meconium, chorioamnionitis, Group B Strep status, indications for C‐Section, antibiotics, wound treatment, wound culture, wound dressing, time to full closure, number of visits for wound care (home, office), and need for repeat procedures. Results : Data are currently being analyzed. Conclusions : If resident education reduces the time to full closure, then we will evaluate expanding this teaching approach to other departments using a randomized prospective study.