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How to prevent infection after open heart surgery?

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Surgery: Keep wounds clean, breath deeply to keep lungs expanded, take meds as prescribed, minimize contact with others.

Answered 3/28/2013

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Dr. Creighton Wright answered

Specializes in surgery

Multiple: Well cleaned preop bactrian nasally excellent prophylactic antibiotics given on time careful prep of skin excellent surgical technique and tissue handling and careful closure Ŕll are standard practices but there is still an incidence if infection: diabetes obesity contamination etc.

Answered 3/30/2013

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