Wound infection and wound swabbing.
There is a significant lack of knowledge in relation to the identification and management of infected wounds. More attention should be given in nurse education to knowing when and how to obtain would swabs. Wound swabbing practices should be standardised.
Donovan
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Papworth Hospital NHS Trust, Everard, Cambridgeshire.
D003663:Decision Trees; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000451:nursing*