Do dressings prevent infection of closed primary wounds after surgery?

Jane Blazeby; The Bluebelle Study Group; Natalie Blencowe; Melanie Calvert; Joanna  Coast; Tim Draycott; Jenny Donovan; Rachael Gooberman-Hill; Robert Longman; Laura Magill; Jonathan Mathers; Thomas Pinkney; Barnaby C Reeves; Chris Rogers; Andrew Torrance; Trudie Young; Mark Woodward

doi:10.1136/bmj.i2270

Do dressings prevent infection of closed primary wounds after surgery?

Jane Blazeby, The Bluebelle Study Group, Natalie Blencowe, Melanie Calvert, Joanna Coast, Tim Draycott, Jenny Donovan, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Robert Longman, Laura Magill, Jonathan Mathers, Thomas Pinkney, Barnaby C Reeves, Chris Rogers, Andrew Torrance, Trudie Young, Mark Woodward

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Original language	English
Article number	i2270
Number of pages	4
Journal	BMJ
Volume	353
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i2270
Publication status	Published - 24 May 2016

Keywords

Bandages
Humans
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Surgical Wound Infection
Wound Healing
Journal Article
Review
Video-Audio Media

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Blazeby, J., The Bluebelle Study Group, Blencowe, N., Calvert, M., Coast, J., Draycott, T., Donovan, J., Gooberman-Hill, R., Longman, R., Magill, L., Mathers, J., Pinkney, T., Reeves, B. C., Rogers, C., Torrance, A., Young, T., & Woodward, M. (2016). Do dressings prevent infection of closed primary wounds after surgery? BMJ, 353, [i2270]. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i2270

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