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Correctly Report Cleaning of Suspected Wound Infection

Published on Thu Oct 17, 2019

Question: My urologist saw a patient with a suspected infection of an interstim device. The surgeon took the patient to the operating room where he incised over the IPG device on the patient’s lower back. The notes reads: “The wound was examined. There was no drainage from the wound. There were no signs of an ongoing or previous wound infection. [...]
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