TABLE I.

Time to Treatment and Risk of Infection

		Time*(hr)
	N	From Injury to Admission	From Admission to Débridement	From Injury to Débridement	From Débridement to Soft-Tissue Coverage
All infections
Present	84	5.2 ± 6.5†	6.5 ± 6.3	11.6 ± 9.3	117.8 ± 89.6
Absent	223	3.5 ± 5.2	8.0 ± 9.6	11.5 ± 10.6	131.1 ± 121.8
Major infections
Present	50	6.2 ± 7.5†	7.3 ± 7.4	13.5 ± 10.6	106.3 ± 79.8
Absent	257	3.5 ± 5.1	7.7 ± 9.1	11.2 ± 10.1	137.2 ± 118.4

^*The values are given as the mean and the standard deviation.

^†P < 0.01, t test.