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Monitoring surgical wounds for infection: information for patients
- From:
- Public Health England
- Part of:
- Surgical site infection (SSI): guidance, data and analysis
- Published:
- 1 July 2013
- Last updated:
- 1 June 2016, see all updates
Explains surgical wound infection, and the national programme for monitoring infections acquired in hospitals, in English and 8 other languages.
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Monitoring surgical wounds for infection: information for patients
Ref: PHE publications gateway number: 2013010 PDF, 926KB, 6 pages
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Monitoring surgical wounds for infection: information for patients, Arabic
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Monitoring surgical wounds for infection: information for patients, Bengali
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Monitoring surgical wounds for infection: information for patients, Chinese simplified
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Monitoring surgical wounds for infection: information for patients, Chinese traditional
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Monitoring surgical wounds for infection: information for patients, Gujarati
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Monitoring surgical wounds for infection: information for patients, Polish
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Monitoring surgical wounds for infection: information for patients, Punjabi
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Monitoring surgical wounds for infection: information for patients, Urdu
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Details
This leaflet is available for healthcare professionals to download and print for patients who are included in post-discharge surveillance submitted to Public Health England.
Document information
Published: 1 July 2013
Updated: 1 June 2016
- Updated English edition of existing leaflet.
- Added translations to existing leaflet on surgical infection.
- First published.