[Microbial contamination of wounds and prevention of suppurative complications].

A specially elaborated punch card was used to study 1,784 case records of patients with pyogenic complications of wounds of various origin: pyogenic complications after cavitary operations, purulent surgical diseases; pyogenic complications of injuries, injections, and trophic ulcers. It was established that each type of wound is characterized by its own microflora. A follow-up showed that surgical intervention in combination with various antiseptics differ in their effect on microbial dissemination. Nontraditional methods (physiotherapy combined with volumetrically charged by an electrochemical method activated water with a pH of 2.5) have the best effect on the wound infection. Such an approach to the problem made it possible to reduce the expenditures on antiseptics considerably and improve the results of treatment and gain an economical effect.