Table 9.

Incidence of putative infection with associated healing and costs over the 12 months’ follow-up period

	Patients (%)	Patients who healed (%)	Mean time to healing per patient (months)	Mean cost of wound care per patient
No infection	16	92	1.86	£2001
Received only an antimicrobial dressing	18	83	5.79	£6966
Prescribed an anti-infective with or without an antimicrobial dressing	66	85	6.46	£8742
Prescribed an anti-infective with an antimicrobial dressing	41	82	8.11	£11 169
Prescribed an anti-infective without an antimicrobial dressing	25	90	3.62	£4961