The aim of this study was to evaluate two methods of post-discharge surgical wound surveillance and to compare the incidence and outcomes of wound infections that develop prior to patients' discharge with those that develop after hospital discharge.
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Service, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. davidm@icpmr.wsahs.nsw.gov.au
