April 26, 2011 — Surgical site infection (SSI) in contaminated wounds can be dramatically reduced by a simple daily wound-probing protocol (WPP), according to the results of a prospective, randomized ...

A lack of consensus for the term “immunocompromised” suggests that studies demonstrating the effectiveness of infection prevention in surgical patients at a high risk of wound infection may have ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The surgical site infection rate was 10.9% with the wound protector vs. 20.5% with conventional gauze. There was ...

A surgical site infection (SSI) is an infection that happens where you had surgery. SSIs happen in 2% to 4% of people who have surgery while in the hospital, says the Agency for Healthcare Research ...

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Until eight months ago, it was believed at this hospital that these problems were limited to metropolitan areas and large hospitals, for only 7 infections had been encountered as complications in 1740 ...

March 23, 2010 — The risk for infection after joint surgery is higher with staples vs traditional stitches, according to the results of a meta-analysis reported in the March 16 issue of the BMJ. "With ...

CARSON CITY -- When state investigators asked a Sparrow Carson surgeon why he packed and stitched gauze into a patient’s infected surgical wound, he responded that the procedure was used “in the old ...

A study published on bmj.com today concludes that using metal staples to close wounds after orthopedic (joint) surgery can lead to a greater risk of infection than using traditional nylon sutures.

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced the launch of the BD Surgiphor™ Surgical Wound Irrigation System in Europe. The system is ...

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