Tanner Judith, Khan Debra
Montfort University, University Hospitals Leicester, Charles Frears Campus, Leicester, UK.
J Perioper Pract. 2008 Jun;18(6):232, 237-43. doi: 10.1177/175045890801800602.
Estimates suggest one in 20 patients develop an infection following surgery, costing the NHS around pounds 1bn each year (SSHAIP 2004). This article discusses surgical site infections and the commonest bacteria which cause them. It then explores two practices, preoperative body washing and preoperative hairremoval, and their effect on bacterial reduction and surgical site infection.
