“Of all the SSIs we culled over that 3 years, about 42% of them required a wound class change by an infection preventionist,” Emily Grohs, MPH, CIC, tells ICT®. Health care systems must get wound ...

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Recovering from surgery is no small feat. Managing medications, following post-operative instructions, and dealing with lingering pain and discomfort can be overwhelming while you are healing. Some ...

A study of more than 110,000 surgeries found that adding advanced air purification and sterilization systems to operating ...

Up to 5% of people who have surgery can develop an infection — which can prolong healing and lead to dangerous complications, studies have shown. Additionally, chronic wounds affect around 6.5 million ...

A study of more than 110,000 surgeries found that adding advanced air purification and sterilization systems to operating ...

A Queensland mother was just hours from death after catching a flesh-eating infection from an emergency C-section at a ...

The rate of postoperative morbidity, including wound infections, is highly increased among patients who are obese. Transverse incisions may be more prone to infection when they are located in the ...

A case report describes a baby girl whose wound dehiscence after anorectal malformation surgery healed completely with silver ...