Reducing surgical site infections: prioritising change in Australian and New Zealand healthcare

Kevin Tetsworth

doi:10.1071/AH24190

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Reducing surgical site infections: prioritising change in Australian and New Zealand healthcare

Kevin Tetsworth

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^A The Wesley Hospital, Orthopaedic Trauma Queensland, Suite 22/Level 10 Evan Thomson Building, 21 Chasely Street, Auchenflower, Qld 4066, Australia.

^* Correspondence to: reception@otq.net.au

Australian Health Review 48(5) 612-613 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH24190

Submitted: 17 July 2024 Accepted: 19 July 2024 Published: 15 August 2024

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