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CONTROL OF BURN WOUND INFECTION AT THE ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL
Author(s) -
BROOKSBANK MARY
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1979.tb05831.x
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , burn wound , wound infection , infection control , burn units , emergency medicine , surgery , wound healing , physics , optics
The incidence and significance of burn wound colonization in the Burns Unit at the Royal Perth Hospital have been examined for the period January to December 1977. The principles of treatment used in the control of infection are outlined.