Infection Control in Burns Prof. (Dr.) - Health Asia
Infection Control in Burns Prof. (Dr.) - Health Asia
Infection Control in Burns Prof. (Dr.) - Health Asia
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SUBESCHAR ANTIBIOTICS:<br />
This process has limited value. Wounds that are<br />
superficial and <strong>in</strong>volve less than 10% of the total body<br />
surface area are eligible for treatment by this method.<br />
The antibiotics used by this route are semisynthetic<br />
penicill<strong>in</strong>s and gentamyc<strong>in</strong>. A solution of 10 gm of<br />
antibiotic <strong>in</strong> 150 ml of sal<strong>in</strong>e is <strong>in</strong>jected twice a day <strong>in</strong><br />
subcutaneous tissue beneath each <strong>in</strong>fected area us<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
No.20 sp<strong>in</strong>al puncture needle to keep the number of<br />
<strong>in</strong>jection site to a m<strong>in</strong>imum.<br />
The effectiveness of bacterial control is modified by<br />
serial full thickness wound biopsies taken from<br />
representative sites at two-day <strong>in</strong>tervals .