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CLEAN WOUND [1 record]

Record 1 1992-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Epidemiology
DEF

An aseptically made wound, as in surgery, in which all bleeding vessels have been ligated.

CONT

It is important in reporting wound infections that they all be accurately classified at the time of surgery. Altmeter's categories of clean, clean-contaminated, contaminated, and dirty serve this purpose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Épidémiologie

Spanish

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