Guidance

Monitoring surgical wounds for infection: leaflets for patients

Explains surgical wound infection, and the national programme for monitoring infections acquired in hospitals, in English and 27 other languages.

From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published
18 September 2025

Surgical site infection leaflets

Monitoring surgical wounds for infection: information for patients

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Monitoring surgical wounds for infection: information for patients – large print version

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This leaflet is available for healthcare professionals to download and print for patients who are included in post-discharge surveillance submitted to the UK Health Security Agency.

Details of how patients’ data is collected and used is published via the Surgical site infection surveillance privacy notice.

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