Wound care practices across two acute care settings: A comparative study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims and objectives

Describe and compare current surgical wound care practices across two hospitals in two health services districts, Australia.

Background

Surgical site infections (SSI) are a complication of surgery and occur in up to 9.5% of surgical procedures, yet they are preventable. Despite the existence of clinical guidelines for SSI prevention, there remains high variation in wound care practice.

Design

Prospective comparative design using structured observations and chart audit.

Methods

A specifically developed audit tool was used to collect data on observed wound care practices, documentation of wound assessment and practice, and patients' clinical characteristics from patients' electronic medical records. Structured observations of a consecutive sam

SUBMITTER: Gillespie BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7328782 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature