A sentinel trial conducted at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles showed that painless and gentle probing of a wound with a dry cotton swab after surgery dramatically reduced infections in post ...

A simple item found in almost every medicine cabinet -- a cotton swab -- may be a key tool in the fight against post-surgical wound infections. A simple item found in almost every medicine cabinet -- ...

Andrew Kingsley, RGN, CNS.Infection Control and Tissue Viability Nurse.Wounds break the skin, which is the main non-specific defence mechanism to prevent invasion from micro-organisms and the ...

A literature search was carried out for this briefing in accordance with the interim process and methods statement. This briefing includes the most relevant or best available published evidence ...