Ward design in relation to postoperative wound infection: 3.
The wound infection rates, nasal carriage rates, and nasal colonization rates were studied in a recently built surgical unit for two years when it was first opened. Five years later a further two-year period of study was undertaken.Judging by the incidence of postoperative wound infection, as far as both Staphylococcus pyogenes and Gram-negative organisms are concerned, there is no evidence that the environment has become less safe with use over the seven-year period since opening.
D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006749:Hospital Design and Construction; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014691:Ventilation