title: The principles of aseptic technique in wound care.
abstract: Research evidence on asepsis is patchy, ambivalent and cannot always be generalised. There is no substitute for assessment of the individual circumstances before each procedure. Handwashing is vital, well researched and uncontroversial.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Research and Practice Development Unit, St James's University Hospital, Leeds.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Briggs
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fuller
mesh_terms: D001207:Asepsis / Q000379:methods*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*