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A study on the common hydrotheray practices and the prevalence of burn wound bacterial colonisation at the university teaching hospital in Lusaka/ Mudaniso Ziwa.
By: Mudaniso Ziwa.
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BookPublisher: Lusaka, the university of Zambia, school of medicine 2016Description: xi,67p.: ill.Subject(s): Hydrotherapy | Burns | Surgical procedures, operative | General surgeyDissertation note: Thesis submitted to the university of Zambia in partial fulfilment for the masters degree of medicine in general surgery. Summary: Hydrotherapy plays an important role in the management of surgical patients, and especially so in those that have sustained burns to their skin. Different centers practice hydrotherapy differently. At the university teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, patients with burns in surgical wards use a common bathtub for cleaning their wounds. This breaches patients isolation and increases risk of cross-infection.
Thesis submitted to the university of Zambia in partial fulfilment for the masters degree of medicine in general surgery.
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Hydrotherapy plays an important role in the management of surgical patients, and especially so in those that have sustained burns to their skin. Different centers practice hydrotherapy differently. At the university teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia, patients with burns in surgical wards use a common bathtub for cleaning their wounds. This breaches patients isolation and increases risk of cross-infection.
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