title: Clean surgical wounds: prevention of infection.
abstract: Nurses need to be aware of the principles of infection control and the factors affecting wound infection to develop effective strategies to prevent infection and cross-infection.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health, South Bank University, London. dinah.gould@sbu.ac.uk
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authors.lastname: Gould
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009731:Nursing Audit; D009871:Operating Room Nursing; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015995:Prevalence; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013997:Time Factors; D014945:Wound Healing