Wound infection Surgery
Conditions
Interventions
This is non-interventional study. All interviews will take between 30-45 minutes and there is no planned follow up. Interviews to explore participant perspectives on wound dressing will include questi
Sponsors
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult patients aged 18 or over undergoing elective abdominal surgery, including, but not limited to, gastrectomy for benign and malignant disease, cholecystectomy, small or large bowel resection for benign or malignant conditions, abdominal wall hernia surgery (inguinal, femoral, incisional, epigastric and paraumbilical) or elective obstetric surgery (caesarean section) 2. Consultant surgeons, senior trainees, qualified nurses and midwives involved in the care and management of patients undergoing elective abdominal, obstetric or paediatric surgery Added 24/11/2014: An amendment has been approved (18/11/2014) to allow the inclusion of emergency abdominal surgery and emergency caesarean patients who have had an infection.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Paediatric patients 2. Patients unable to give written consent 3. Patients undergoing types of surgery other than abdominal and obstetric surgery 4. Patients having emergency surgery 5. Staff who do not work in field of abdominal, paediatric or obstetric surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To establish patient and staff views about wound dressings | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To develop two comprehensive measures of Surgical Site Infection (one for observer completion and the second for patient-reported outcomes) that will be validated in a future pilot randomised controlled trial | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed