Mr George Smith George.Smith@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer
DRESSINg: DACC in the REduction of Surgical Site INfection
People Involved
Professor Ian Chetter I.Chetter@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Vascular Surgery
Mr Josh Totty J.Totty@hull.ac.uk
NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Plastic Surgery
Project Description
A surgical site infection is an infection occurring in the body where surgery has recently taken place. The rates of infection vary according to the type of surgery but may occur in as many as 1 in every 3 or 4 operations. All of these infections cause distress and discomfort to patients. Some infections will clear with a course of antibiotics but the more serious infections can lead to patients having to stay in hospital much longer, the need for further operations and can even contribute to deaths after surgery. All infections tend to require antibiotics, which leads to a risk of the bacteria developing antibiotic resistance and the antibiotics becoming less effective in the future. Any treatment that might reduce the number of these infections might save a huge amount of both patient suffering and cost to the National Health Service (NHS).
| Type of Project | Standard |
|---|---|
| Project Acronym | DRESSINg |
| Status | Project Complete |
| Funder(s) | National Institute for Health Research |
| Value | £305.00 |
| Project Dates | Feb 1, 2017 - Jan 31, 2018 |
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