title: Identification of infection in granulating wounds by registered nurses.
abstract: The purpose of the study was to investigate the methods used by registered nurses to identify infection in granulating wounds. Although this research was completed a few years ago recent observations confirm that the findings remain relevant and that accurate identification of wound infection continues to present a challenge. This study also set out to compare the subjects' and author's decisions on the infected status of the wounds. The author used criteria previously developed by Cutting & Harding (1994). Decisions made by the author were found to have a high level of accuracy when compared against a microbiological assay of the wounds.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Studies, Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, UK.
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Cutting
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000451:nursing*; D003657:Decision Making; D006097:Granulation Tissue; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000451:nursing*