McCowan M, Balfour A, Redding P, Curzio J
South Glasgow University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Nurs Times. 1999;95(34):68, 71.
A pilot study assessed a methodology for establishing the incidence of post-discharge surgical wound infections. An infection rate of 13% was recorded. The eight patients who developed infections generated 35 clinical episodes. This could have resource implications for early discharge after surgery.
