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G Smith

Publications and source records attributed to G Smith.

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PubMed1971

Ward design in relation to postoperative wound infection. I.

The incidence of postoperative wound infection in a general surgical unit is reported both before and after transfer from a "Nightingale" type multibed ward to a new "race-track" type of surgical ward with controlled ventilation and with 40% of its beds in single rooms. Following transfer postoperative wound infection was reduced by about 55%.With the use of certain types of staphylococcal infection as an index of cross-infection it was shown that transfer was followed by a 72% reduction in cross-infection of wounds.A case is made for control of hospital cross-infection in surgical wards. The principal change in ward architecture resulting from the transfer was the extensive division of ward space into separate compartments (40% of single-bed rooms), which make controlled ventilation easier.

Air Microbiology↗
PubMed1971

Ward design in relation to postoperative wound infection. II.

A detailed investigation has been carried out into the behaviour of wounds after 1,000 general surgical operations, about equal numbers of patients having been studied in two different ward and operating theatre environments. The wound sepsis rate was reduced after transfer to the new type of ward. It is concluded that features of the new ward environment were responsible for the observed fall in the incidence of cross-infection.

Cross Infection↗