Translocation of endogenous microbial flora is the most common route of surgical site infection. Skin preparation and aseptic techniques aim to reduce or eliminate the growth of resident and transient...
The gold standard provision in veterinary care is to utilise evidence-based medicine to help evaluate the weight of evidence and guide clinical decision making which will ultimately increase animal...
Transient or contaminating flora do not normally colonise skin (Gregory, 2005). They are acquired by contact with people/animals or the environment and include organisms such as Staphylococcus aureus,...
The Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method (disk diffusion) was used to determine the in vitro susceptibility of S. aureus (ATCC 25923), Staphylococcus intermedius (ATCC 29663), Streptococcus uberis (ATCC...
Historically surgical outcomes were poor until the early nineteenth century with the major contributing factor being SSIs (Humes and Lobo, 2009). Some of the major advancements in infection control...