Exposure method of operative wounds

Without the use of dressings, there was very little postoperative wound infection among clean surgical cases. The infection rate rose only with the severity of contamination and infection of the operative fields during surgery. The authors strongly recommend the practice of non-dressings in the Philippines, especially in charity government hospitals considering mainly the savings in economy besides the other advantage of easy wound inspection and conservation of time and personnel. (Author)

Changing trends in bacterial flora and sensitivity patterns among surgical patients with open wounds

Clinical effectivity of an antibacterial cannot be based on in-vitro sensitivity tests. What has been attempted in this paper is to show a change in bacterial flora from one period of time to another, with the change in the topical antibacterial agent used. What has also been shown is a distinct change in the sensitivity of organisms to one antibiotic (framycetin), concomitant with the shift to another topical agent (mafenide). Staphylococcus aureaus has been shown to be senstive to nitrofurazone; while gram-negative organisms, resistant. (Summary)