• J. Hosp. Infect. · Jan 2001

    The importance of definitions and methods in surgical wound infection audit.

    • J S Reilly, D Baird, and R Hill.
    • Clinical Audit Department, Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals NHS Trust, East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, UK.
    • J. Hosp. Infect. 2001 Jan 1;47(1):64-6.

    AbstractWe investigated the value of a full-time audit nurse personally following up every patient from admission to 30 days postoperatively in order to obtain accurate surgical wound infection rates. Our results show that this type of audit is an effective, although time-consuming, way of collecting accurate data on wound infection rates. It enabled the early identification of problem areas in practice and facilitated the adoption of evidence based practice. As a result of the audit there was a significant reduction in the clean wound infection rate from 13.9% in November 1995 to 7.9% in March 1998 (P= 0.05).Copyright 2001 The Hospital Infection Society.

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