Back to the basics of wound care: why nurses should question their practice.
The high incidence of hospital-acquired infections, about a tenth of which occur in wounds, has propelled the issue of prevention to the top of the health-care agenda. Policy centres on hygiene, protective precautions and educating staff and patients. This article focuses on detection and treatment options for confirmed wound infections.
Davies
Patricia
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School of Primary Health Care, University of Central England, Birmingham. patricia.davies@uce.ac.uk
D001458:Bandages; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D008403:Mass Screening; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D017592:Skin Care / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*