02 March 2022

Volume 27 | Issue 3

ISSN (Print): 2053-0889

ISSN (Online): 2053-0897

CPD article: Biofilms and surgical site infections

A surgical site infection is a nosocomial infection temporally associated with a particular surgical procedure. A bacterial wound infection can be defined as the presence of more than 105 bacteria per gram of tissue (Fossum, 2013). Although objective and quantitative, this has limited clinical applicability.