Bethany Rachel O’Neill

Investigating the Use of Routine Swabs in Incision and Drainage of Abscesses: An Audit of Western Sydney Hospitals

ABSTRACT Background Incision and drainage of subcutaneous abscesses is a common surgical procedure. It is the standard of treatment, with or without adjunctive antibiotics. Interestingly, there exists a lack of evidence regarding the role of intraoperative sampling of the purulen...