| Surgical wound management made easier and more cost-effective. | |
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PMID: 22807970 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) have been published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to these guidelines, a wound should usually be covered with a sterile dressing for 24 to 48 h when a surgical incision is closed primarily. However, it is not recommended that an incision be covered by a dressing beyond 48 h. In this study, patients were stratified into two groups for analysis: patients whose surgical wound was sterilized and whose gauze was changed once daily until postoperative day 7 (7POD; group A); and patients whose surgical wound was sterilized and whose gauze was changed once daily until 2POD (group B). We evaluated the incidence of SSI, nursing hours and cost implications. The results showed that there was no significant difference in SSI occurrence between the two groups (group A, 10% vs. group B, 7.3%). By contrast, the average nursing time differed by 2.8 min (group A, 3.8 min vs. group B, 0.9 min). The material costs per patient were also reduced by $14.70 (group A, $61.80 vs. group B, $47.10). In conclusion, we applied our knowledge of the evidence-based CDC guidelines to determine whether 48-h wound management can be made easier, more uniform and more cost-effective compared to conventional wound management. The results of the present study showed that surgical wound management methods can be more convenient and inexpensive. |
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Ichiro Akagi; Kiyonori Furukawa; Masao Miyashita; Teruo Kiyama; Akihisa Matsuda; Tsutomu Nomura; Hiroshi Makino; Nobutoshi Hagiwara; Ken Takahashi; Eiji Uchida |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-4-19 |
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Title: Oncology letters Volume: 4 ISSN: 1792-1082 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jul |
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Created Date: 2012-7-18 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101531236 Medline TA: Oncol Lett Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 97-100 Citation Subset: - |
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Division of Surgery for Organ Function and Biological Regulation, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan. |
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