A study of telephone screening and direct observation of surgical wound infections after discharge from hospital

J. Reilly; A. Noone; A. Clift; L. Cochrane; L. Johnston; D. I. Rowley; G. Phillips; F. Sullivan

doi:10.1302/0301-620X.87B7.16061

A study of telephone screening and direct observation of surgical wound infections after discharge from hospital

J. Reilly, A. Noone, A. Clift, L. Cochrane, L. Johnston, D. I. Rowley^*, G. Phillips, F. Sullivan

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Post-discharge surveillance of surgical site infection is necessary if accurate rates of infection following surgery are to be available. We undertook a prospective study of 376 knee and hip replacements in 366 patients in order to estimate the rate of orthopaedic surgical site infection in the community. The inpatient infection was 3.1% and the post-discharge infection rate was 2.1%. We concluded that the use of telephone interviews of patients to identify the group at highest risk of having a surgical site infection (those who think they have an infection) with rapid follow-up by a professional trained to diagnose infection according to agreed criteria is an effective method of identifying infection after discharge from hospital.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	997-999
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B
Volume	87
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620X.87B7.16061
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2005

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