2021•PubMedOpen access

The clinical effect of nursing intervention in the operating room on the prevention of orthopedic wound infections.

Yan Bai, Yuqiang Su, Zhonglei Zheng

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OBJECTIVE: To study the preventive effect of operating room nursing intervention on surgical incision infections in elderly patients undergoing orthopedic surgery. METHODS: Altogether, 128 orthopedic patients were divided into an observation group and a control group according to the nursing method each patient underwent, with 64 patients in each group. RESULTS: =27.349, P=0.000). CONCLUSION: Operating room nursing intervention can effectively prevent postoperative wound infections and promote incision healing, so it is worthy of application.

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Key concepts: Medicine, Orthopedic surgery, Nursing, Significant difference, Intervention (counseling), Infection rate, Surgery, Anesthesia