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Nosocomial Infection Following Prostatectomy in a New Urology Department
Author(s) -
PEEL R. N.,
SPENCE W. N.,
BASTABLE J. R. G.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1982.tb13587.x
Subject(s) - medicine , urology , prostatectomy , incidence (geometry) , urinary system , urinary infection , transurethral resection of the prostate , general surgery , prostate , physics , cancer , optics
Summary— A significant improvement in the incidence of urinary tract infection following transurethral resection of prostate was obtained during the first 4 years of a new urology department. These results, aided by wound infection rates derived from the Hospital Infection Surveillance programme, suggest the desirability of urology departments being separate, specialised units and point to the usefulness of an Infection Control Team.