Western Sydney Local Health District

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...

Investigating the role of excipients in mitigating surface adsorption, aggregation and structural degradation in liquid phage formulations

The race to produce therapeutically acceptable phages is driven by their rapid loss of infectivity, placing strain on laboratories, healthcare infrastructure and patients. Enhancing product shelf-life will alleviate this barrier to their upscaling and clinical application. We sys...