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By: Jennifer Conroy, MSN, RN-BSN, CNOR
Published: 10/10/2023
This handy pocket guide describes the four classifications of surgical wounds to identify patients at risk of surgical site infection. It can be downloaded to use as a quick reference tool.1
AORN's Surgical Wound Classification Tree is available to assist in decision making for surgical wound classification.
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